Martyr
Abachum
Martyr named in the early martyrologies; the sources preserve few details about him.
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- Feast
- January 19old style February 1
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Abachum was a Persian martyr at Rome, a son of Saints Marius and Martha and a brother of Audifax. The Roman Martyrology names all four on the Via Cornelia, at the thirteenth mile from Rome, in the cemetery Ad Nymphas. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 19 January (Gregorian calendar), among the saints of the undivided Church.
Commemorated the same day January 19
JosephRighteous · Betrothed of the Virgin MaryJan 19
AaronProphet · The High PriestJan 19
Macarius of EgyptVenerable · Father of the Scetis DesertJan 19
Mark of EphesusSaint · Metropolitan of EphesusJan 19
Anastasius of SinaiVenerable · Abbot on Mount SinaiJan 19
Marius, Martha, Audifax and AbachumHoly MartyrsJan 19
Agricius of TrierSaint · Bishop of TrierJan 19
Pontianus of SpoletoMartyr · Martyr of SpoletoJan 19Contentius of BayeuxSaint · Bishop of BayeuxJan 19
Euthymius the Confessor of GeorgiaConfessor · Georgian ascetic monk and scholarJan 19
Anton of MartqopiStylite · One of the Syrian FathersJan 19- Arsenius of CorfuSaint · Archbishop of CorfuJan 19