Saint Abdecalas (or Abdelas) was a Persian priest of advanced age who, together with another priest, Saint Ananias, and about a hundred other Christians, was killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345. The Greek historian Sozomenos estimates the number of Christians martyred during the forty-year reign of Shapur as close to 16,000. His feast is 21 April. (2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century - other centuries) Events The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east. ... Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). ... // Events James was happy for once hehe what Births John Chrysostom, Christian bishop and preacher Deaths Pachomius, early monasticist (approximate date) Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Roman priest (or 352). ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Image File history File links Gloriole. ... It has been suggested that Ananias and Sapphira be merged into this article or section. ... Shapur II was king of Persia (310 - 379). ... Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). ... // Events James was happy for once hehe what Births John Chrysostom, Christian bishop and preacher Deaths Pachomius, early monasticist (approximate date) Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Roman priest (or 352). ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ...
References
Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis; London: B. Herder Book Co.
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