Abda of Hira (died 680) was a monk of the Assyrian Church of the East.He was born at Al-Hirah the son of Hanif. He became a monk under Mar Abda of Gamre. He preached Christianity to the pagan Persians and is said to have worked many miracles before dying in his cave in 680.
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