Absadi

Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.

He founded the monastery of Debre Mariam in 1374, which is located in modern-day Eritrea.

He was captured by the soldiers and tortured on the wheel, then he was thrown on the stove.

[1] Absadi's feast day is September 28 (Meskerem 18 in the Ethiopian Ecclesiastical calendar).

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