Shahdost
assyrian bishop
12th Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 341–c. 343
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 12 · c. 341 – c. 343
Shahdost, also Sadoc, Sadoth was Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and primate of the Church of the East from 341 to 343 who resided in the Sasanian Empire. He was martyred during the great persecution of Shapur II. Like several other early bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, he is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. He is considered a saint in several Eastern Christian denominations.
Related people
- Shimun bar Sabbae succeeded · inferred
- Barba'shmin preceded · inferred
Places
- Gundeshapur death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Maris, Amri et Slibae De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (the Book of the Tower) 1 claim — Maris, De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (ed. Gismondi)