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Abadir and Iraja (Ter and Erai) | |
|---|---|
| Saint | |
| Died | Roman era Antinoe |
| Venerated in | Coptic Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Asyut, Egypt |
| Feast | September 25 (Gregorian Calendar), October 8 (Julian Calendar) |
Abadir and Iraja are saints in the Coptic Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
They are reported to have been children of the sister of Basilides, "the father of kings". [1] According to their legend, Abadir and Iraja fled from Antioch to Alexandria. They were arrested there and brought to Antinoe in Upper Egypt, where they were beheaded along with Cluthus, a physician and priest, and another 3,685 companions. [2] These included the following priests:
Abadir and Iraja had a church dedicated to them in Asyut in Egypt. [3] Their feast day is on September 25 (Gregorian Calendar) and October 8 (Julian Calendar). The text of their Passion exists in both Sahidic and Bohairic Coptic and fragments can be found at the National Library, Vienna, Wiener Papyrussammlung, K2563 a-l, ed. Orlandi, 1974, the National Library, Paris, Copte 129.16.104 and the Vatican Library, Rome, Copti 63, fols. 1-65, ed. Hyvernat, 1886–1887. [4]
A summary of their lives, commemorated on Tout 28 (October 8), can be found in the Copto-Arabic Synaxarion. [5]
Hagiographer and church historian Frederick George Holweck considers the story "spurious". [3]
Pope Avilius of Alexandria, was the 3rd Patriarch of Alexandria.
Julian and Basilissa were husband and wife, and are venerated as saints in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. They were Christian martyrs who died at either Antioch or, more probably, at Antinoe, in the reign of Diocletian, early in the fourth century, on 6 January, according to the Roman Martyrology, or 8 January, according to the Greek Menaea.
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Aaron was an ancient Christian monk in Southern Egypt who lived during the fourth and early fifth centuries AD. He is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He has an annual feast in that church on 22 Paopi. References to this alleged feast cannot be found in the Coptic Synaxarium or Calendar on this date.
Abadiu of Antinoe was a bishop of Antinoe in the Fourth Century. He is commemorated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and is said to have been killed in a theological dispute with the Arians. His feast day is December 26. He is referenced in Les Martyrs d'Égypte by Hippolyte Delehaye.
Psote, also known as Bisada, Besada, Abashadi, Abassadius, or Beshada, was a bishop of Ebsay in Upper Egypt. He was martyred by beheading at Antinoe.
Abraham of Egypt or Abraham of Minuf was a fourth-century monk and hermit of Egypt, is known only from the Synaxarion.
Coptic literature is the body of writings in the Coptic language of Egypt, the last stage of the indigenous Egyptian language. It is written in the Coptic alphabet. The study of the Coptic language and literature is called Coptology.
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