Abibon
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Saint Abibon | |
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| Born | 1st century AD |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church, Orthodox Church |
| Feast | December 2 |
Abibon (
feast days especially commemorated on December 2 in Pisa
.
Life
Not much is known about Abibon's life. He was the second son of Gamaliel, a leading member of the Sanhedrin in the early first century. He is said by some sources to have been baptized with his father and his brother Nicodemus.[1] After being baptized alongside his father he died at the age of twenty of natural causes.[2]
Body
In 415, Abibon's body was found alongside those of Stephen, Nicodemus, and his father in Capergamela, a town twenty miles from Jerusalem.[3]
References
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. p. 4
- ^ Paton James Gloag, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on The Acts of the Apostles, Volume 1, page 191, citing Photius, Cod. 171 (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1870).
- ^ "Finding of the relics of Saint Abibas", OCA
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