The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Azadan
d. c. AD 376 (martyr) · Deacon · Martyr · Adiabene (Sasanian Persia)
The Nicene Age
Who Azadan was
Deacon killed with the company of Acepsimas. Distinct from Azad the palatine eunuch, whose name is the same root and whose death was thirty years earlier — the two must be kept apart.
Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.
Also listed in martyrs.
Common questions
When did Azadan die?
Azadan is dated d. c. AD 376 (martyr) in the archive, which places Azadan 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 Azadan?
Azadan 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 Azadan from?
The archive associates Azadan with Adiabene (Sasanian Persia).
Who were Azadan’s contemporaries?
The archive links Azadan to 3 other figures, including Acepsimas, Abdiesus the Deacon and Azad. 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.13 (the persecution under Shapur II)
c. AD 445Azadan and Abdiesus, deacons, and many other clericsSozomen · Ecclesiastical History II.13 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- 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
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Azadan.
- 1Adiabeneprovince only