Feast November 15
Abibus of Edessa
Martyr, patron of Contracts · Feast November 15
Biography
Abibus of Edessa, also known as Abibus the New, Habib the Deacon or Saint Habibus the Martyr, was a 4th-century Syrian Christian deacon, confessor and martyr, who according to the Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon, was executed at Edessa by immolation under Roman Emperor Licinius. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Feast day
November 15
Patronage
- Contracts
- marriages
- firemen
- Syria (region)
- Syrians
Birth date
307 AD
Death date
322 AD
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
11
Feast day of month
15
