Name Abda Hira | ||
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Venerated in Assyrian Church of the East |
Abda of Hira (died 680) was a monk of the Assyrian Church of the East.
He was born at Al-Hirah, the son of Hanif. He became a monk under Mar Abda of Gamre. He preached Christianity to the Zoroastrian Persians and is said to have worked many miracles before dying in his cave in 680.
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