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The Fathers

Simon Bar-Saboë

d. 343

Who he was

  • Simon Bar-Saboë was ordained as archdeacon and then Catholicos of Seleucia and Ctsiphon in 328.
  • He shepherded his flock in the apostolic path.
  • He had a great zeal for Christianity which led to his martyrdom at the hand of Sapor II.

What he wrote

  • He composed beautiful religious songs.
  • Four of these were published in the second volume of Patrologia Syriaca.

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