Pusai (?- Good Friday, 344) was a Christian priest and companion in martyrdom with

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and others. They are collectively commemorated in feasts on April 17 in the

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, April 21 in the

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, April 30 in the

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, and the Friday after

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in the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. The martyrdom of Pusai is recorded in a work called the Acts of Pusai.

References

*Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. Year of birth missing 344 deaths 4th-century Christian martyrs 4th-century Christian clergy {{saint-stub