Abrosima

{{short description|4th-century Christian priest, martyr, and saint}} {{Infobox saint |name=Abrosima |image= |imagesize= |caption= |titles=Martyr |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= 341 or 342 |death_place= Persia |feast_day= April 22 in the Roman Catholic Church, November 10 in the Greek Orthodox Church |venerated_in= |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |major_shrine= |attributes= |patronage= |issues= |suppressed_date= }} '''Abrosima''' was a Persian Christian priest and martyr. His name is also listed as '''Abrosimus'''.<ref name="StPatrick">Rabenstein, Katherine I. [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0422.shtml "Saint of the Day – April 22"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028083931/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0422.shtml |date=2013-10-28 }}. ''Saintpatrickdc.org'', 1998. Retrieved on July 26, 2013.</ref>

He was stoned to death with many of his parishioners in 341<ref>Baring-Gould, Sabine. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CeICAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Abrosimus%22+Persia&pg=PA225 ''The Lives of the Saints. 12 vols.'']. London: Chiswick Press, 1877. Retrieved on July 26, 2013.</ref> or 342<ref name="StPatrick" /> during the reign of the Sassanid ruler Shapur II.<ref name="StPatrick" />

His feast day is celebrated on April 22 in the Roman Catholic Church, and on November 10 in the Greek Orthodox Church.

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==Sources== *Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

Category:4th-century Christian saints Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Persian saints Category:4th-century Christian clergy Category:People executed by the Sasanian Empire Category:Christians in the Sasanian Empire Category:4th-century Christian martyrs Category:341 deaths