Holy Martyrs
Aba, Dali, Bulha, Hazath, Aphrahat and Mnphilus
The earliest confessors of the Persian East, named at the head of the eastern list of the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Persia (the East)
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Aba, Dali, Bulha, Hazath, Aphrahat and Mnphilus are the earliest confessors of Christ in Persia, named at the head of the eastern list of the Syriac Martyrology of 411, saints of the undivided Church.
The second part of the martyrology, after the list of the martyrs of the West, contains "the names of our lords the martyrs who were put to death in the East". It opens with Aba, "the first martyr", and Dali, "the second martyr", then Bulha, Hazath, Aphrahat and Mnphilus, among the first. There follow, also among the first, the bishop Miles and the priests Abursam and Sina. In this martyrology the word "martyr" also means confessor. No further details about the six survive.