AHAI. – He was elected Archbishop of Seleucia in 411 and died in 415 or 416. He had been a disciple of Abda, founder of a monastery and a school to which he had been appointed superior. Sent by King Jezdegerd of Persia to settle the dispute that had arisen between him and his brother Shapur, who governed that region, he fulfilled his mission and then visited the tombs of the martyrs of Shapur II’s persecution, writing their acts together with the life of Abda, his teacher. He eradicated the magical practices that had infiltrated among Catholics through the influence of Manicheans and Marcionites.
BIBL.: Cron. di Seert: PO, IV, 289, 307–308, and V, 224–325; Maris, Amri et Slibac, De patriarchis Nestorianorum commentaria, ed. H. Gismondi, I, Rome 1897, p. 15; II, 11, 1896, p. 27; Elia Nisibeno, Corp. Script. Christ. Or., 3rd ser., VII, 28, and VIII, 48.