Holy Hieromartyrs
The Thirteen Presbyters of Seleucia and Ctesiphon
Presbyter confessors slain under Shapur II, among them Abdecalas and Hanina, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.
- Era
- 4th century
- Place
- Seleucia-Ctesiphon
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
The Thirteen Presbyters of Seleucia and Ctesiphon were presbyter confessors killed in the persecution of the Persian king Shapur II, in the twin cities on the Tigris, the capital of the empire.
The Syriac Martyrology of 411 gives their names in its eastern part: Abdecalas, Hanina, Qiyuma, Badbu, Paul, Zizi, another Paul, Naqib, Adna, Isaac, Hormizd, Hablaha and Badema. No other account of their lives or deaths survives. The names Abdecalas and Hanina (Ananias) recur in the group of priests killed on Good Friday commemorated by the Roman Martyrology on 21 April.