Simeon bar Sabba'e, Saint, Patriarch of the Church of the East, 316-341
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Name (Latin)
Simeon bar Sabba'e, Saint, Patriarch of the Church of the East, 316-341
Other forms of name
Šemʻún bar Şabāʻe, Saint, Patriarch of the Church of the East, 316-341
Date of birth
0316
Date of death
0341
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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- The martyrdom and history of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba'e, 2014:ecip data view (Simeon bar Sabba'e) Syriac title (Šemʻún bar Ṣabāʻe)
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Wikipedia description:
Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪܨܒܥܐ, romanized: Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe; died Good Friday, 345) was the Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from Persia, the de facto head of the Church of the East, maintaining this position until his death. He was bishop in the Sasanian Empire during the persecutions of Shapur II against Christians and he was executed along with many of his followers, after refusing to renounce Christianity and convert to Zoroastrianism. an event that came to be recorded in the Persian martyr acts. He is revered as a saint in various Christian communions.
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