Thursday, April 09, 2009

Martyr Desan the Bishop and 272 others in Persia

Commemorated on April 9

The Holy Martyrs Bishop Desan, Presbyter Mariabus, Abdiesus, and 270 Others were put to death under the Persian emperor Sapor II. Imprisoned, they refused to turn away from the Christian Faith. In their number also was the Martyr Ia, who is commemorated also on September 11.

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