Absadi

Absadi
Saint and Martyr
Died 1381
Eritrea
Venerated in Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Feast September 28

Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He was a disciple of Ewostatewos, and his best-known disciple is Abba Filipos. He founded the monastery of Debre Mariam in 1374, which is located in modern-day Eritrea. He was captured by the soldiers and tortured on the wheel, then he was thrown on the stove. He endured all the tortures patiently and then was beheaded.[1]

Absadi's feast day is September 28 (Meskerem 18 in the Ethiopian Ecclesiastical calendar).

References

  1. ↑ the book of the saints of the Ethiopian church, Vol 3. CUP Archive. 1976. p. 418.
  • Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

Further reading

  • G. Lusini, Gadla Absadi, text and translation. (Peeters, 1996.)
  • The Ethiopian Synaxarion, Meskerem 18



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