The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Abedehalaas
d. c. AD 341 (martyr) · Presbyter of Seleucia-Ctesiphon · Martyr · Seleucia-Ctesiphon (Sasanian Persia)
The Nicene Age
Who Abedehalaas was
One of two elderly presbyters Sozomen names among the hundred clergy beheaded with Simeon bar Sabbae on the Friday of the Passion. He and Anninas are the only two of that hundred whose names survive.
Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.
Also listed in martyrs.
Common questions
When did Abedehalaas die?
Abedehalaas is dated d. c. AD 341 (martyr) in the archive, which places Abedehalaas in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Abedehalaas?
Abedehalaas is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Sozomen. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Abedehalaas from?
The archive associates Abedehalaas with Seleucia-Ctesiphon (Sasanian Persia).
Who were Abedehalaas’ contemporaries?
The archive links Abedehalaas to 3 other figures, including Simeon bar Sabbae, Anninas and Shapur II. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History II.10 (the persecution under Shapur II)
c. AD 445Symeones, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, with 100 of his clerics, including the elderly presbyters Abedehalaas and Anninas. Beheaded.Sozomen · Ecclesiastical History II.10 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 272 · Aurelian awards the Antioch church, AD 272
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Abedehalaas.