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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