Hieromartyr
Audas
Bishop of Kashkar
A bishop and martyr of Kashkar, killed around 376, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Audas (Abda) was bishop of Kashkar and died a martyr in Persia, in the time of King Shapur II, around the year 376.
The sources keep of him only the name, the see and the time of the martyrdom. His commemoration is kept on 16 May in the Western calendar. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured without synodal canonization.
Commemorated the same day May 16
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