Abdecalas

Saint Abdecalas
Martyr
Born	probably third century
Died	Good Friday, 345
Feast	21 April

Saint Abdecalas (or Abdelas) was a Persian priest of advanced age who, together with another priest, Saint Ananias, and about a hundred other Christians, was killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345. One of these others was also named Abdecalas. The Greek historian Sozomen estimates the number of Christians martyred during the forty-year reign of Shapur as close to 16,000. His feast is 21 April.

References

Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis; London: B. Herder Book Co.

Persondata
Name	Abdecalas
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Date of death	345
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