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References
- Holweck, Frederick George (1924). A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co.
- ↑ Ignatius Aphram I. Barsoum (Ighnāṭyūs Afrām I), Patriarch of Antioch (2003). The Scattered Pearls : a History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. New Jersey: Gorgias Press LLC. p. 164. ISBN 1-931956-04-9 . Retrieved October 9, 2012.
...Saba the youth and his companion Abai in 363...
- ↑ Death year is listed differently in two references – 363 in The Scattered Pearls and 460 in Kalendarium. His death year is listed as 363 in this article because that date corresponds to the reign of Shapur II, King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379.
- ↑ Calendar of Historical Events, Births, Holidays and Observances. MobileReference. 2007. ISBN 9781605011097.
- ↑ Nilles, Nicolaus (1897). Kalendarium manuale utriusque ecclesiae orientalis et occidentalis (in Latin). Vol. 2. p. 379.
S. Abai, m. in Perside, 460.
- ↑ Syriac Biographical Dictionary, Abai, Syriac Not Available (sometime between 335 - 385) Archived 2017-04-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 6 Feb 2018
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