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Hieromartyr

Maryahb

Chorepiscopus in Persia

A chorepiscopus slain in Persia in Easter week, in the persecution of Shapur II, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Feast
April 22old style May 5
Reposed
3414th century
Place
Persia (killed in Easter week under Shapur II)
Order
Martyrs

Life

Maryahb was a chorepiscopus in Persia and a martyr, killed in Easter week in the persecution of the Persian king Shapur II, around 341.

He is commemorated by the Roman Martyrology. A chorepiscopus was the bishop of a rural district, under a city bishop. No other details of his life survive.

Commemorated the same day April 22