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

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of a number of martyrs of the

Syriac Orthodox Church The Syriac Orthodox Church (), also informally known as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian denomination, denomination that originates from the Church of Antioch. The church currently has around 4-5 million followers. The ch ...

. The book was composed by the monk Rabban Sliba in the late thirteenth century or early fourteenth century. It was edited by Paul Peeters, S.J., and published in '' Analecta Bollandiana'' #27 in 1908. It is one of the most important resources for the study of Syriac hagiography.

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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in the

, and on February 3, October 22, and May 23. Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, Missouri, US: 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 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, otherwi ...

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

. His

is June 26. Abhai of Hah was an

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of the monastery of Qartmin 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

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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. 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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