Saint Barsabias (d. 342) was an abbot and missionary who was martyred in Persia.
His feast day is 20 October.
Monks of Ramsgate's account
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...
, in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921) wrote,
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
wrote,
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Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II
The Martyrs of Persia under Shapur II were Assyrian Christian martyrs who were put to death by Shapur II of Persia (r. 309–379) for failing to renounce their faith.
There may have been several thousand in total.
They are remembered as a group i ...
Notes
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342 deaths
4th-century Christian martyrs
Christian abbots
Saints