Abibas of Samosata

Holy Martyr Abibas of Samosata suffered in the year 297, in the persecution of Diocletian (284-305), in the city of Samosata in Syria, on the Euphrates, together with Romanus, James, Philotheus, Hyperichius, Julian and Parigorius. They are commemorated on 11 February.

The martyrs fearlessly rebuked the folly of the service of idols, were seized and given to various grievous torments. Their bodies were scraped with iron, with heavy iron chains hung on their necks. They were shut in prison and in the end were hung up, and their heads were nailed to a cross.