Abdecalas

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name=Saint Abdecalas
birth_date=probably third century
death_date=Good Friday, 345
feast_day=21 April
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Saint Abdecalas (or Abdelas) 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. The Greek historian Sozomen estimates the number of Christians martyred during the forty-year reign of Shapur as close to 16,000. His feast is 21 April.

References

*cite book | last =Holweck | first =Frederick George |authorlink=Frederick George Holweck| title =A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints | publisher =B. Herder Book Co | date =1924 | location =St. Louis; London