Mar Qardagh
Saint Qardāgh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Arbil, Iraq |
| Feast | Friday of the 14th week after the Pentecost |
Mār Qardāgh (
martyred
for converting to Christianity.
Life
Qardāgh was born to a noble family in the
Upon returning home Qardāgh was rejected by his family and under pressure from the religious elite, Shapur sentenced him to be stoned. Qardāgh fled with a small army to the mountains where he was able to repel the Persians for months. One night Saint Stephen appeared to him and told him that it was better to give his life for his faith than to continue fighting. He surrendered to the king and it was his own father who threw the first stone.[2]
He was buried in
See also
- Mar Behnam
References
- ISBN 978-0-520-93219-7.
- ^ a b c Mār Qardāgh Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Diocese for Chaldeans.
Sources
- Payne, Richard E. (2015). A State of Mixture: Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity. Univ of California Press. pp. 1–320. ISBN 9780520961531.