Azad — ܐܙܕ
edition published: 2016-08-17-04:00
language: en
availability: Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

ܐܙܕ; Azād; Azad; ʾĀzād; Azad; ĀZĀD
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1148
identifier: 63
sex: eunuch
death: 341
state: Martyr
Azād was a eunuch at the court of Shapur II who was martyred a week after Simeon Bar Sabbaʿe at the gate of the palace of Karka d-Ledan.
event: Azad is commemorated in Azad and his Companions (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 47
Saints Syriaques ĀZĀD 63
AMS II, 248-51
BHO 124
Assemani ASMO 45-50
Lagrange 58-60
Leclercq III, 163-64
Šuhadā'' I, 252-56
[Allusions in] AMS II, 241-48
BHO 704
[Other references, notably in Sozomen and] Devos Commémoraisons 148-49
Wiessner Märtyrer 128-44