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Barhadbesciabas or Barhadbesaba (died July 20 355) is venerated as a Christian martyr who was decapitated during the reign of Shapur II. A deacon of Arbela in the Sassanid Empire he was arrested by the governor of Arbela Sapor Tamaspor and put on the rack.Tradition states that the authorities ordered Aghaeus an apostate Christian nobleman to kill Barhadbesciabas with a sword. Another Christian of the same name was martyred with Abda and Abdjesus in 366.