List of Persian Roman Catholic saints
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Though Persia/Iran
had never been a Christian country, Christianity and specifically the Catholic Church had enough of an impact on Persia and Persians to produce a considerable number of saints of this origin, at various times in the Church's history – some of them travelling far afield from their native country, such as Saint Ivo of Huntingdonshire
who got his fame as a hermit in England
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Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
had never been a Christian country, Christianity and specifically the Catholic Church had enough of an impact on Persia and Persians to produce a considerable number of saints of this origin, at various times in the Church's history – some of them travelling far afield from their native country, such as Saint Ivo of Huntingdonshire
Ivo of Huntingdonshire
Saint Ivo was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire. He appears in the historical sources in 1001/2 when a peasant allegedly found his coffin while ploughing at Slepe...
who got his fame as a hermit in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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List
- Abda and AbdjesusAbda and AbdjesusAbda and Abdjesus were two Christian bishops who were martyred at Kashkar under Shapur II on May 16, in either 366 AD or 375 AD. They were first placed between heavy boards to crush their bones, and later beheaded....
- Abda of Kaskhar
- AbdecalasAbdecalasSaint Abdecalas was a Persian priest of advanced age who, together with another priest, Saint Ananias, and about a hundred other Christians, was killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345. One of these others was also named Abdecalas...
- Abdon and Sennen
- AbrosimaAbrosimaAbrosima was a Persian Christian priest and martyr.He was stoned to death with many of his parishioners.His feast day is celebrated on April 22 in the Roman Catholic Church, and on November 10 in the Greek Orthodox Church.-References:...
- Acacius of AmidaAcacius of AmidaSaint Acacius was Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia in AD 400–425, during the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II.-Biography:...
- Acepsimas of HnaitaAcepsimas of HnaitaAcepsimas of Hnaita was a bishop, martyr and saint.He was the bishop of Hnaita, residing at Paka in western Persia. He and several companions, including the priest Joseph of Bet-Katoba, who was then 70 years old, and the deacon Aitillaha of Bet-Nuhadra, who was then 60 six years, when they were...
- Addai
- AjabelAjabelAjabel was the name of a priest martyred with Abda and Abdjesus in Kaskhar on May 16, 366, and several others. They are memorialized in the Christian Church with a feast on May 16.-References:...
- Anastasius of PersiaAnastasius of PersiaSaint Anastasius of Persia , once a member of the Zoroastrian Magi caste, became a convert of the Holy Cross and was martyred in 628....
- Asyncritus of HyrcaniaAsyncritus of HyrcaniaAsyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos , was numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He was bishop of Hyrcania in Asia. Saint Paul mentions him in his letter to the Romans . The Church remembers St. Asyncritus on April 8.-Hymns:...
- BademusBademusBademus was a rich, noble citizen of Bethlapeta in Persia, who founded a monastery nearby. He and some of his disciples were arrested and Bademus was martyred in the year 376; he was subsequently recognized as a saint....
- BarhadbesciabasBarhadbesciabasBarhadbesciabas or Barhadbesaba is venerated as a Christian martyr who was decapitated during the reign of Shapur II. A deacon of Arbela, in the Sassanid Empire, he was arrested by the governor of Arbela, Sapor Tamaspor, and put on the rack.Tradition states that the authorities ordered Aghaeus,...
- Benjamin (saint)Benjamin (saint)Saint Benjamin was a deacon martyred circa 424 in Persia. St. Benjamin was executed during a period of persecution of Christians that lasted forty years and through the reign of two Persian kings: Isdegerd I, who died in 421, and his son and successor, Varanes V...
- Saint ChristinaSaint Christina of PersiaSaint Christina of Persia also Martyr Christina of Persia is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 6th century.Her feast day is on 13 March, and the Roman Martyrology describes her as follows: "In Persia, Saint Christina, martyr, who was flogged with rods and concluded the witness of martyrdom...
- James IntercisusJames IntercisusSaint James Intercisus is a Persian saint. His surname, Intercisus, is derived from the Latin word for "cut into pieces," which refers to the manner of his martyrdom: he was slowly cut into twenty-eight pieces...
- Ivo of HuntingdonshireIvo of HuntingdonshireSaint Ivo was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire. He appears in the historical sources in 1001/2 when a peasant allegedly found his coffin while ploughing at Slepe...
- Aba of KaskharAba of KaskharSaint Aba was a priest who was martyred at Kashkar, Persia with Saints Abda and Abdjesus and approximately 48 others. They were put to death in the year 374 by the Persian ruler Shapur II. Aba's feast day is 16 May.-References:...
- Mambeca
- Mana of Bet-ParsajeMana of Bet-ParsajeFor the martyr of 447 in Bet-Titta, see Simon of Bet-Titta.Mana of Bet-Parsaje was a Christian martyr under Shapur II, in November, 339.Mana with martyred with two companions,*Abraham of Bet-Parsajje, and*Simon of Bet-Parsaje....
- Saint MariSaint MariSaint Mari was converted by Saint Addai. He is said to have had Mar Aggai as his spiritual director. He is also believed to have done missionary work around Nineveh, Nisibis, and along the Euphrates, and is said to have been one of the great apostles to Syria and Persia. He and Addai are credited...
- Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax
- MaruthasMaruthasSaint Maruthas or Marutha of Martyropolis was a monk who became bishop of Maypherkat in Mesopotamia for a period beganing before 399 and still in office in 410. He's believed to have died before 420...
- Quiricus and Julietta
- Sapor of Bet-NicatorSapor of Bet-NicatorSapor of Bet-Nicator was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator.He was reported with 4 companions to King Shapur II, on the basis of their having preached against the Zoroastrian religion...
- Simon of Bet-TittaSimon of Bet-TittaSimon of Bet-Titta was a Christian martyr at Bet-Titta, near Karka in Mesopotamia.He was martyred with several colleagues, including*Abraham of Bet-Titta*Ma'na of Bet-Tittaand several others ....
- Zanitas and Lazarus of PersiaZanitas and Lazarus of PersiaZanitas and Lazarus of Persia were martyrs of the Christian church.With their companions Maruthas, Narses, Helias, Mares, Abibus, Sembeeth, and Sabas, he was arrested and imprisoned at Bardiaboch...