Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia
Zanitas, Lazarus, and Companions | |
|---|---|
| Martyrs | |
| Died | 27 March, 326 Bardiaboch, Sassanid Empire |
| Honored in | Apostolic Church of the East |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 27 March |
Zanitas and Lazarus (died March 27, 326 AD) were martyrs of the Christian church in the Sasanid Empire.[1][2]
They were monks.
In 339, Shapur II began the second and fiercest persecution of Christians in the Parthian kingdom. This persecution lasted for 40 years until Shapur died in 379. The church historian Socrates records sixteen thousand unnamed Christians killed at this time including 22 bishops and hundreds of clergy. Traditions records that the brothers Saints Jonas and Barachisius heard about the persecution and went to Bardiaboch, where the nine were awaiting execution. They visited the monks in jail on the eve of the execution and found they had been tortured. Jonas and Barachisius gave comforting words to the prisoners and were themselves executed days later. The eleven martyrs were buried by Habdisotes,[6] a notable Christian of that town.[7]
They are commemorated as
See also
References
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- ^ Augustin Lubin, The maps are Roman festivals (Lambert, 1660) p354.
- ^ The Ecclesiastical History of sozomenus.
- Dihok, Iraq north of Mosul.
- ^ Verhaer Francis, John Molanus, Saints history Omnivm nationvm, Ordinvm And Temporvm, (John Vvilhelmvm Friessem, 1675) p 195.
- ^ Possibly Isaiah, son of Hadaba in the hagiography of Lazarus.
- ^ "Den hellige Zanitas av Bardiaboch og åtte ledsagere (D. 326)".
- ^ Saint Lazarus of Bardiaboch.
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