Saint Abraham
(+ 422)
Nous le connaissons par
Théodoret de Cyr. Saint Abraham était originaire de Cyr, puis il se retira sur
le mont Liban dans un village encore païen. Mal accepté au début, il fut d'une
telle charité à l'égard des pauvres gens qu'il y rétablit la paix et
l'harmonie.
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5693/Saint-Abraham.html
Saint ABRAHAM DE CARRES
Évêque de Carres en Mésopotamie, + 422
C'était un saint
solitaire qui, plein de zèle pour l'accroissement de l'empire de Jésus-Christ,
alla prêcher l'Évangile dans un village du mont Liban, encore plongé dans les
ténèbres de l'idolâtrie. Les habitants de ce village ne l'eurent pas plus tôt
entendu parler contre leurs dieux, qu'ils résolurent sa mort. Mais ils furent
si touchés de sa douceur et de la patience avec laquelle il souffrit les plus
rudes traitements, qu'ils lui laissèrent la vie.
Les officiers chargés de lever les deniers publics étant arrivés peu de temps
après, trouvèrent que la plupart des habitants du village étaient hors d'état
de payer. Déjà ils se préparaient à les traîner en prison. Le saint, attendri
sur le sort de ces malheureux, fit un emprunt, et paya pour eux. Une conduite
aussi généreuse gagna les cœurs de tous ces pauvres gens. Ils s'attachèrent à
leur bienfaiteur, qui profita de leur confiance pour les instruire de la
religion chrétienne.
Abraham resta trois ans avec eux, puis retourna dans sa solitude, après avoir
confié le soin de leurs âmes à un prêtre vertueux. Mais il ne jouit pas
longtemps du repos qu'il était allé chercher dans la retraite ; car on l'éleva
sur le siège épiscopal de la ville de Carres en Mésopotamie. Pour avoir changé
d'état, il n'en vécut pas moins dans le recueillement et les austérités de la
pénitence. Il travailla avec une ardeur infatigable à la ruine de l'idolâtrie,
et à la destruction des vices qui en sont la suite.
Il mourut en 422, à Constantinople, où l'empereur Théodose le Jeune l'avait
fait venir. Ce prince garda un des vêtements du saint qu'il portait à certains
jours par respect pour sa mémoire.
—
SOURCE : Alban Butler. Vie des Pères, Martyrs et autres principaux Saints… –
Traduction : Jean-François Godescard.
SOURCE : http://alexandrina.balasar.free.fr/abraham_de_carres.htm
Also
known as
Abraames of Harran
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Syrian hermit.
Hoping to bring the faith to
a village at Mount Lebanon, he set up shop as a fruit seller; the people were
willing to buy his fruit, but abused him when he started to preach.
He converted them
by borrowing money to pay their taxes, which kept them out of prison,
finally convincing them of the goodness of Christians.
He worked to
pay the debt, taught them
for three years, found a priest to
minister to them, then returned to solitude.
Chosen bishop of Harran in Mesopotamia.
Greatly influenced Theodosius the Younger, who carried that influence to the
throne when he became emperor.
c.422 of
apparent natural causes at Constantinople while
visiting the emperor
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MLA
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“Saint Abraham of
Harran“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 November 2023. Web. 24 August 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-abraham-of-harran/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-abraham-of-harran/
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ABRAHAM (ABRAAMES) (St.)
Bp. (Feb. 14) (5th cent.) A famous Solitary of Mount Lebanon, who, as Bishop of
Carrhes (Charan), showed himself a zealous pastor of souls and, later, did much
work useful to the Church at the Court of the Emperor Theodosius the Younger.
He died at Constantinople, A.D. 422.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Abraham”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 29
April 2012.
Web. 24 August 2025.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-abraham-14-february/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-abraham-14-february/
St. Abraham of Carrhae
Feastday: February 14
Death: 422
Hermit, bishop, and
missionary who was born in Cyrrhus, Syria. He became a recluse in the desert near
Mount Lebanon and
tried to convert the local people. Reviled for his efforts, Abraham continued
his apostolate, eventually winning over his neighbors to the faith. Unable to
pay their taxes, the locals were saved by Abraham, who used his own funds to
settle their debts. He was named the bishop of
Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, where he again converted the local people. While
visiting Emperor Theodosius II in Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey, Abraham died.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1084
Saints
of the Day – Abraham of Harran, Bishop
Article
(also known as Abraames)
Died at Constantinople, c.422. Saint Abraham was a hermit in Syria, who
succeeded in converting a village on Mount Libanus in Lebanon by borrowing
money to pay its taxes (and who said goodness doesn’t pay!) and, thus, keeping
its citizens out of prison. After instructing them for three years, he left
them in the care of a holy priest and returned to his solitude. Eventually he
became bishop of Harran (Charres or Carres) in Mesopotamia, which he helped to
form in the Christian ways. As bishop, he combined the discipline,
recollection, and penance of a monk with the labors of his vocation as a
pastor. He influenced Theodosius the Younger and his court, in fact, he died at
Constantinople while on a visit to the emperor, who kept and wore one of
Abraham’s garments (Benedictines, Husenbeth).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
2 May 2022. Web. 24 August 2025.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-abraham-of-harran-bishop/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-abraham-of-harran-bishop/
February 14
St. Abraames, Bishop of
Carres
HE was a holy
solitary, who, going to preach to an idolatrous village on Mount Libanus,
overcame the persecutions of the heathens by meekness and patience. When he had
narrowly escaped death from their hands, he borrowed money, wherewith to
satisfy the demands of the collectors of the public taxes, for their failure in
which respect they were to be cast into prison; and by this charity he gained
them all to Christ. After instructing them for three years, he left them in the
care of a holy priest, and returned to his desert. He was some time after
ordained bishop of Carres, in Mesopotamia, which country he cleared of
idolatry, dissensions, and other vices. He joined the recollection and penance
of a monk with the labours of his functions, and died at Constantinople, in
422, having been sent for to court by Theodosius the Younger, and there treated
with the greatest honour on account of his sanctity. That emperor kept one of
his mean garments, and wore it himself on certain days, out of respect. See
Theodoret Philoth. c. 17. t. 3. p. 847.
Rev. Alban Butler
(1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/lives-of-the-saints/volume-ii-february/st-abraames-bishop-of-carres
Posted on February 14, 2013 by Kawsa Ni Maria
St. Abraham, pray for us.
Abraham was a native of
Cyrrhus, Syria, toward the end of the fourth century. Early in life he became a
solitary, but later, filled with zeal, he went to the pagan village of Mt.
Lebanon. He first appeared there as a fruit-seller, but when he began to preach
Christianity he was ill-treated.
After narrowly escaping
death at the villagers’ hands, by meekness, patience, and generosity Abraham
won them over. When several villagers were to be jailed for non-payment of
taxes, he borrowed money and paid their debts. After instructing them for three
years, he placed them in the charge of a priest and returned to the desert.
Later, Abaraham was
ordained Bishop of Carrhae in Mesopotamia. He helped rid Carrhae of idolatry
and other evils. A penitential bishop, he died in 422 at Constantinople where
he had been summoned by Emperor Theodosius II, who held him in high esteem.
Reflection
Through a holy and
penitential life St. Abraham zealously preached the Gospel. As we hope to lead
others to God, St. Abraham’s life reminds us that our prayer and fasting must
match our enthusiasm for the Gospel’s cause.
Prayer
Loving Father, may we
grow in patience and meekness through the intercession of St. Abraham. Like
him, may our lives draw others to Your service. This we ask through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
SOURCE : https://vitaesanctorum.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/st-abraham-bishop/
Saint Abraham, Bishop of
Charres, Mesopotamia
Commemorated on February 14
Saint Abraham, Bishop of
Charres, lived during the mid-fourth and early fifth centuries, and was born in
the city of Cyrrhus. In his youth he entered a monastery. Later he became a
hermit in Lebanon, a place where many pagans lived.
Saint Abraham suffered much
vexation from the pagans, who wanted to expel him from their area. He once saw
tax-collectors beating those who were unable to pay. Moved to pity, he paid the
taxes for them, and those people later accepted Christ.
The Christian inhabitants
of this village built a church and they fervently besought Saint Abraham to
accept the priesthood and become their pastor. The monk fulfilled their wish.
Having encouraged his flock in the faith, he left them another priest in place
of himself, and he again retired to a monastery.
For his deep piety he was
made bishop of Charres; the saint constantly taught his pastors by his
God-pleasing life. From the time of his accepting of the priesthood, he never
used cooked food. The emperor Theodosius the Younger wanted to meet the bishop
and made him an invitation. After he arrived in Constantinople, Saint Abraham
soon died. His remains were solemnly transferred to the city of Charres and
there given over to burial.
SOURCE : https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/02/14/100525-saint-abraham-bishop-of-charres-mesopotamia
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Abraames, S.
[8] S.
Abraames (Abraam, Abraham), Ep. (14. Febr.) Der hl. Abraames,
Bischof zu Carrä in Mesopotamien, war zuerst Einsiedler und führte als solcher
eine sehr strenge Lebensweise. Voll des Eifers für die Ausbreitung des Reiches
Jesu Christi ging er in ein Dorf des Berges Libanon, dessen Bewohner noch in
den Finsternissen des Heidenthums versunken lagen, und predigte ihnen das
Evangelium. Die ersten Tage seines Aufenthaltes daselbst lebte er als Kaufmann,
mit Früchten handelnd; dann aber fing er an, Christum Jesum zu verkünden. Kaum
hatten sie jedoch bemerkt, daß er wider die Götter lehre, so beschlossen sie
ihn zu tödten. Allein die Sanftmuth und Geduld, womit der Heilige die härtesten
Mißhandlungen von ihnen ertrug, rührte sie so sehr, daß sie ihm das Leben
schenkten. Bald darauf kamen an diesen Ort Steuereinnehmer, welche die Leute
arg mißhandelten, und die, welche nicht zahlen konnten, ins Gefängniß warfen.
Gerührt durch das Loos dieser Unglücklichen, machte der hl. Abraames ein
Anlehen und bezahlte für sie. Diese großmüthige Handlung gewann ihm Aller
Herzen und machte sie zur Aufnahme des Christenthums noch bereiter. Drei Jahre
blieb Abraames bei ihnen, sie im christl. Glauben unterrichtend, dann
aber kehrte er wieder in die Einsamkeit zurück, die Sorge für ihr geistiges
Heil einem gottesfürchtigen Priester anvertrauend. Allein nicht lange genoß er
der Ruhe; denn bald darauf ward er auf den bischöfl. Stuhl zu Carrä, einer
überaus lasterhaften Stadt, erhoben. Mit dem neuen Stande änderte er nichts in
seiner frühern Lebensweise und starb i. J. 422 zu Constantinopel, wohin er vom
Kaiser Theodosius dem Jüngern berufen worden war. Von da ward sein Leib unter
den größten Feierlichkeiten in seinen Bischofssitz zurückgebracht. Der Kaiser
hatte schon zu seinen Lebzeiten zu diesem hl. Manne eine überaus große
Verehrung, und bewies dieselbe auch nach seinem Tode noch, indem er aus
Ehrfurcht gegen dessen Andenken ein Kleid behielt, welches der Heilige an
gewissen Tagen zu tragen pflegte.
Quelle:
Vollständiges
Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 1. Augsburg 1858, S. 8.
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Voir aussi : https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2016/02/saint-abraham-bishop-of-carrhae.html
