Hieromartyr · 4th century
Symeon of Persia
Also known as Symeon bar Sabba'e · Simeon of Seleucia-Ctesiphon · Symeon the Hieromartyr · Abdechalas · Ananias · Usthazanes · Pusicius · Azad the Eunuch · the Martyrs with him
Symeon, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and head of the Church in Persia, was put to death together with a great company of clergy and faithful during the persecution of the Persian emperor Shapur II for refusing to deny Christ and worship the sun. A named cluster commemorated as one feast.
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Notes
Commemorated together with his companion martyrs, including the priests Abdechalas (Abdella) and Ananias, the eunuch Azad, Usthazanes, and Pusicius, among many others martyred under Shapur II.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org (Shemon bar Sabbae)