Azat of Gadiab

Holy Martyr Azat of Gadiab was a eunuch and died in Persia in the year 343, in the persecution of King Shapur II, strangled by an apostate priest. He is commemorated on 3 December, in the company of Saints Narses, bishop, and his disciple Joseph, the Persian bishops John, Severius, Isaac and Hypatius, the martyrs Azat, Sasonius, Thecla, Anna and many other men and women who suffered in Persia.

Saint Narses and his disciple, the martyr Joseph, were beheaded. Saint John was stoned, and the same fate met Saints Isaac and Hypatius. Saint Severius died in prison, and after death his head was cut off. The martyr Azat the eunuch was strangled by an apostate priest. Tortures, sufferings and death for Christ were also endured by the martyrs Sasonius, Thecla, Anna and many other men and women.