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Shemon bar Sabbae

Also known as Simeon bar Sabba'e

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  • born. 3th centurylow · Wikidata P569
  • died. 341high · Wikidata P570

Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon executed under Shapur II (c. 341-344); his acts are among the earliest Persian martyr texts.

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Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae was the Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from Persia, the de facto head of the Church of the East, maintaining this position until his death. He was bishop in the Sasanian Empire during the persecutions of Shapur II against Christians and he was executed along with many of his followers, after refusing to renounce Christianity and convert to Zoroastrianism.

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