St. Usthazanes
Feastday: October 20
St. Usthazanes d.341, martyr. see St. Barsabas, martyr. An abbot in Persia, tortured and beheaded with his twele monks at Ishtar during the persecution of Sapor, he probably is identical with the leader of a group slain at Persepolis c. 342 and honored on October 20th or with St. Simon Barsabae.
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