Saint Barbasymas
- Memorial
- 14 January
- Profile
- Bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon in 342.
Arrested and tortured with sixteen priests in the persecutions of King Shapur II; the names of his companions has not come down to us.
He was offered a cup filled with gold coins if he would worship the Persian god; he declined.
Martyred with the sixteen priests.
- Died
- beheaded in 346 in Persia
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
- Catholic Online
