Saint Sarbelius

Also known as

• Sharbel

Memorial

• 29 January

Profile

Brother of Saint Barbea. Pagan high priest at Edessa, Mesopotamia. Convert to Christianity. Tortured with red-hot irons, and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Trajan.

Died

• 101 at Edessa, Mesopotamia

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sarbelius”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 August 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sarbelius/>