Ephrem the Scribe — ܐܦܪܝܡ
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ܐܦܪܝܡ; Afrēm; Ephrem the Scribe; Abda; ʾAfrēm; Éphrem; ABDA ('AWDA),
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1098
identifier: 7
identifier: 8
Afrēm was a Persian Martyr and scribe martyred under shah Yazdegerd with companions 'Abda, Jacob, Papa the deacon, Daduq and Durtan the learned.
East Syrian commemoration on the 31 of March or the 5 of September.
death: 420
male
state: Martyr
state: Saint
event: The saint is venerated on Mar 31 (East Syrian).
event: Ephrem the Scribe is commemorated in Abda, Hasho, Isaac, Ephrem, Papa, Dadouq, Dourtan and Papa (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 120
Saints Syriaques ABDA ('AWDA), 7
AMS II 250-53
AMS IX n°3
BHO 6
Šuhadā' II 297-300
Theodoret Hist. eccl. xxxix.1-11 342-44
Hoffmann Auszüge 34-35
DHGE I col. 61-62 s.v. 1. Abdas
G. Lucchesi BS I 40-42
BHO 7
Peeters Passion 399-415