Abraham of Cyrrhus


Abraham of Cyrrhus
Bornc. 350
Cyrrhus
(modern-day Syria)
Died422
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Venerated inCatholic Church (especially Maronite Church)
Syriac Orthodox Church
FeastFebruary 14

Saint Abraham (Cyrrhus, Syria, c. 350–Constantinople, 422) (also known as Abraames, Abraham of Charres and Abraham the Apostle of Lebanon[1] was a Syrian hermit and bishop of Harran.

  1. ^ AbouZayd, S. Ihidayutha: A Study of the Life of Singleness in the Syrian Orient. From Ignatius of Antioch to Chalcedon 451 A.D. (Oxford, 1993), p. 119

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