The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Dausas
d. c. AD 362 (martyr) · Bishop · Captive of Zabdaion · Martyr · Zabdaion → Sasanian Persia
The Nicene Age
Who Dausas was
A bishop taken captive from the village of Zabdaion in a Persian raid and killed in captivity together with his chorepiscopus Mareabes and about two hundred and fifty of his clergy — a whole deported church destroyed at once. Sozomen names only the two leaders of it.
Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.
Also listed in martyrs and bishops beyond the great sees.
Common questions
When did Dausas die?
Dausas is dated d. c. AD 362 (martyr) in the archive, which places Dausas 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 Dausas?
Dausas 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 Dausas from?
The archive associates Dausas with Zabdaion, Sasanian Persia. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Dausas’ contemporaries?
The archive links Dausas to 2 other figures, including Mareabes 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.14 (the persecution under Shapur II)
c. AD 445Dausas, captive from the village of Zabdaion, who died with the rural bishop (chorepiskopos) Mareabes and about 250 of his clerics.Sozomen · Ecclesiastical History II.14 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- 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
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Dausas, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.
- 1Zabdaion
- 2Sasanian Persiaprovince only