The ''Martyrology of Rabban Sliba'' is a book containing the names and

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of a number of martyrs of the

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. It was edited by P. Paul Peeters, S.J., and published in ''

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'' #27 in 1908.

Saints included

Aaron the Illustrious was a Christian monk of Mesopotamia from the 4th century. He came from Sarug in

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and was a disciple of Saint Eugene. He built two monasteries near Melitene in

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in the 4th century. He had a

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Pentecost Monday Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of Easter. In ...

in the

, and on February 3, October 22, and May 23.

Holweck, F. G. Frederick George Holweck (born Friedrich Georg Holweck; 29 December 1856 – 15 February 1927) was a German-American Catholic parish priest and scholar, hagiographer and church historian. Monsignor Holweck contributed some articles to the ''Catho ...

, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. Saint Abel (Syrian) is a saint of the

. He is considered the patron saint of the blind and the lame. His feast day is celebrated on August 2. It has been argued that he may be the same person as

Saint Rubin Saint Rubin is a saint of the Syriac Orthodox church. He was a stylite of Kartamin. He is commemorated with feast days of August 1 and August 4. See also *Hermit *Simeon Stylites * Oriental Orthodoxy *Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy, als ...

. Mar Abhai (also known as Abhai), from the land of Gargar is a saint of the

. His

is June 26. Abhai of Hach was an

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of the

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of Kartamin in

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. He is a

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of the

, with a

of November 18. Abhai (saint) is a

of the

. He is said to have lived for 100 years. He is a

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

against poisonous reptiles. His

is celebrated on July 15 and May 3. Saint Abhai is not to be confused with the 4th-century Syriac martyr

Abai Abai or ABAI may refer to: People * Abai (martyr) (died 363), saint of the Syrian Church * Abai Ikwechegh (born 1923), Nigerian jurist * Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845-1904), Kazakh poet and philosopher * Abai Tasbolatov (born 1951), Kazakh politician ...

. Abhai (teacher) was the instructor or teacher of Abhai the general. He is regarded as a

, and his

is November 1.

References

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