Martyr
Pappias
A martyr of Persia who suffered for Christ around 343.
- Feast
- November 20old style December 3
- Reposed
- 3434th century
- Place
- Persia
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Pappias suffered in Persia in the year 343, together with Isaac, John, Savorius, Onam and another Isaac. The first three died stoned, together with the ascetic Onam, at the command of the king of the Persians. The other two, Pappias and the second Isaac, were put to death by beheading. In two Paris codices (1578 and 1624) they are called bishops.
They are commemorated on 20 November, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece.
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