Date of Martyrdom of Simeon Bar Sabbae
Simeon bar Sabbae, metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and second primate of the Persian Church, fell victim among the first to the general persecution of Sapor II. The date of his martyrdom has been the subject of considerable controversy, and it is the purpose of the present paper to prove that the...
| Published in: | Traditio |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1955
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| Summary: | Simeon bar Sabbae, metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and second primate of the Persian Church, fell victim among the first to the general persecution of Sapor II. The date of his martyrdom has been the subject of considerable controversy, and it is the purpose of the present paper to prove that the saint's death occurred, not on Good Friday, as has always been supposed, but on Sept. 14, and in the year 344 A.D. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900006292 |