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Abraham of Arbela
Abraham of Arbela (died 345) (also known as Abramius) was a bishop of Arbela(also Persian) in Assyria.
During the imprisonment of Bishop Ioannis of Arbela, he was appointed as his deputy by the local religious community. The church historian Sozomen (died 450) described in the second book of his Christian Church, among other things, the persecutions and tortures that took place in the Persian Empire under Shapur II (died 379). In paragraph 8 of chapter 8 he says:
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