Desan (bishop) explained

Desan (died 355AD) was a bishop of the Christian Church.

He was a resident of Bizabda in Mesopotamia during the reign of Shapur II.[1] He refused to turn away from the Christian faith and was on that basis transported to Persia where he was killed in 355. He was accompanied in martyrdom by a number of others, including: Heliodorus, another Christian bishop; Marjab, a Christian priest; Abdjesus, and 270 others.

They are all collectively commemorated with a feast day on April 9.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2012/04/09/101036-hieromartyr-desan-bishop-in-persia-and-272-others-with-him "Hieromartyr Desan, Bishop in Persia, and 272 others with him", OCA