Pusai (?-
Good Friday, 344) was a Christian priest and companion in martyrdom with
Simeon Barsabae
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Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, so ...
and others. They are collectively commemorated in feasts on April 17 in the
Greek Orthodox Church
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, April 21 in the
Roman Catholic Church
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, April 30 in the
Melkite Catholic Church
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, and the Friday after
Easter
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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
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