ʿAbdon
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ʿAbdon; ʿAbdon; ABDON et SENNEN
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1103
identifier: 11
sex: male
death: 297
state: Martyr
In hagiography: In hagiography: ʿAbdon and Sennen were two Persian twins martyred in Rome. Their story was contained in the martyrology of Bishop Polychrone, a bishop of Babylon. They do not figure in Syriac hagiography, but in the Latin tradition they are called Ciccensis adiabenicis victis.
Saints Syriaques ABDON et SENNEN 11
Abdon and Sennen are not found in syriac martyrologies.
[For Latin references, please see:] J. .M. Fiey OS 11 1966 137-45
M. Chiara Celletti BS I, 50-57