Simon of Bet-Titta (died 447) was a Christian

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

at Bet-Titta, near Karka in

Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ...

. He was martyred with several colleagues, including Abraham of Bet-Titta and Ma'na of Bet-Titta. Their eyes were pierced with red-hot nails, and later they were shot with arrows, on 27 August 447. They are regarded as saints, and included as such in the ''

Ausgewählte Akten Persischer Märtyrer (‘Selected Acts of Persian Martyrs’) is a book by Oskar Braun which was published in 1915 in Kempten. It contains biographical material regarding several saints, including: *Pusai Pusai (?-Good Friday, 344) was a Christian priest and compani ...

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Oskar Braun Oskar Braun (1862-1931) was a Syriac specialist and ordained Catholic priest. He was born in Dillingen an der Donau in 1862 and was ordained as a priest in 1885, becoming chaplain at Santa Maria dell’Anima. He studied languages with Ignazio Guidi ...

. Their feast day is 25 August.

References

*Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. Year of birth missing 447 deaths Persian saints 5th-century Christian saints 5th-century Christian martyrs Christians in the Sasanian Empire People executed by the Sasanian Empire {{saint-stub