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Absadi

14th-century Eritrean Orthodox saint

Summary

14th-century Eritrean Orthodox saint

Field	Value
name	Absadi
titles	Saint and Martyr
death_date	1381
death_place	Eritrea
feast_day	September 28
venerated_in	Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches. 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.

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

References

Sources

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

References

(1976). "the book of the saints of the Ethiopian church, Vol 3". CUP Archive.

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