Abda of Hira
Abda of Hira | |
|---|---|
| Died | 680 |
| Venerated in | Assyrian Church of the East |
Abda of Hira (died 680) was a monk of the Church of the East.
He was born at Al-Hirah, the son of Hanif.[1] He became a monk under Mar Abda of Gamre. After having taught as a disciple by Mar Babai, he later lived in a cave. One of his miraculous actions was to have treated a wound of a hunter who had been injured by a lion with healing oil. He preached Christianity to the Zoroastrian Persians and was said to have performed many miracles before dying in his cave in 680.[2]
References
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. p. 2
- ^ Fowden, Elizabeth Key (1999-11-30). The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius Between Rome and Iran. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21685-3.
Sources
- Fowden, Elizabeth Key (1999). The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius Between Rome and Iran. Los Angeles, USA: University of California Press, Ltd. p. 121.