Holy Martyrs
The Deacon Confessors of Persia
Papa, Yabsiu, Varan, Medin, Abdisho and the other deacons slain under Shapur II, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Persia (Mashkena, Helmin, Riyashadr and other places)
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The Deacon Confessors of Persia are the deacons killed in the persecution of the Persian king Shapur II whose names are preserved in the eastern part of the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
The list names first Papa, deacon of Helmin, Yabsiu of Riyashadr, Varan and Madian of Mashkena, and Abdisho, then dozens of further names: Isaac, Mari, Jacob, Dadaq, Kosrou, Maria, Malki, John, Abda, Naqib, Adna, Mela, Amaria, Addai, Hablaha, Sasi and others. The editor Nau notes that Papa was put to death on the order of the king of Adiabene. The manuscript is damaged, and the list originally continued with many more names. No other account of the deacons' lives or deaths survives.