Abraham of Arbela (died 345) (also known as Abramius) was a bishop of Arbela in Sassanid Persia.
During the imprisonment of Bishop Ioannis of Arbela, he was appointed as his deputy by the local religious community. The church historian Sozomen (died 450) described in the second book of his Christian Church, among other things, the persecutions and tortures that took place in the Persian Empire under Shapur II (died 379). In paragraph 8 of chapter 8 he says:
Among the names he had been able to retrieve, the name of Bishop Abraham of Arbela also appeared. Abraham, bishop of Arbela - ܐܒܪܗܡ(d. 345), saint Retrieved on 27 Feb 2018 He was tortured and later beheaded under Shapur II because he refused to worship the sun in Telman. The saint is venerated on February 5.St. Abraham Retrieved on 27 Feb 2018
He has two feast days – February 4 and 5, but January 31 in the Catholic Church.Roman Martyrology
References
External sources Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. The Bénédictins of Ramsgate 'Ten Thousand Saints, Hagiographic Dictionary' Brepols, 1991. Kirschbaum, Engelbert (established). Published by Wolfgang Braunfels' Encyclopedia of Christian Iconography. First to eighth volume 'Rome / Freiburg / Basel / Vienna, Herder, 1990.