Hieromartyr
John
Bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir
A bishop in Khuzistan who died for Christ under Shapur II, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Hormizd-Ardashir (Ahvaz), Khuzistan
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
John was bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, the city of present-day Ahwaz in Khuzistan, and died for Christ under the Persian king Shapur II in the forty-year persecution, a holy martyr.
He is named in the eastern part of the Syriac Martyrology of 411, among the martyr bishops of Persia, as "John, bishop of Hormizd-Ardashir, a city of Beth Huzaye". His name also appears in the account of the martyrdom of Saint Shemon bar Sabbae. No further details of his life or death survive.