Hieromartyr
Hurman
Bishop of Hulwan
Bishop of Hulwan who died for Christ under Shapur II, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Hulwan
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Hurman was bishop of Hulwan in Persia and died for Christ in the persecution of King Shapur II.
He is named in the eastern part of the Syriac Martyrology of 411, among the martyr bishops of Persia, as "Hurman, bishop of Hulwan". The editor Nau notes that the name of the city may also be read Holwan, the town at the foot of the Zagros mountains. No further details of his life or death survive.