St. Abdiesus
Feastday: April 22
Death: 342
Also called Hebed Jesus, a deacon in the Christian community of Persia who was caught up in the persecutions conducted by King Shapur II.
Records indicate that Abdiesus was accompanied in his martyrdom by Abrosimus, Acepsimus, Azadanes, Azades, Bicor, Mareas, Milles, and a women named Tarbula. Some were Persian courtiers, others priests and bishops.
Tarbula was the sister of St. Simeon, and suffered a particularly cruel death by sawing.