Saint Bademus

Memorial

• 10 April

Profile

Wealthy Persian noble. Founded and led a monastery in Bethlapeta, Persia. He and seven of his monks were imprisoned for their faith during the lengthy persecution by King Sapor. Chained and regularly beaten for four months, he was murdered by Nersan, an apostate Persian prince who hacked him to death to prove his renunciation of Christianity.

Died

• clumsily beheaded 10 April 376
• body thrown to the dogs but recovered and secretly buried by Christians

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bademus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bademus/>