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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Narses

Bishop of Shahrqart

Bishop of Shahrqart who died for Christ under Shapur II, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.

Era
4th century
Place
Shahrqart
Order
Martyrs

Life

Narses was bishop of Shahrqart in the district of Beth Garmai, south of the Little Zab, and died for Christ in the persecution of the Persian king Shapur II.

He is named in the eastern part of the Syriac Martyrology of 411, among the martyr bishops of Persia, as "Narses, bishop of Shahrqart". The account of his martyrdom is preserved in Bedjan's collection of Syriac acts. The Roman Martyrology commemorates on 10 November a Persian bishop Narses, a venerable old man, beheaded with his disciple Joseph for refusing to worship the sun; this appears to be the same saint.