medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Bademus of Persia (d. c. 380) My vote for saint story of the week.
>Bademus was the founding abbot of Bethlapeta in Persia, where he won fame
>for his austerity and saintliness. B. was minding his own business, but
>apparently his existence annoyed the Persian king Shapur II. So, when a
>Christian noble was arrested and apostacized under torture, he was promised
>full forgiveness and reinstatement if he would go and murder Bademus. The
>noble did so, although to B's misfortune the guy was so upset at having to
>kill the saint that he could hardly use his sword and had to work at it for
>a while.
The legend makes Bademus similar to Christ and his executor nobleman Nisan
to Judas so after killing Bademus Nisan kill himself.
Vale
Vadim (Bademus)
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