Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches. He was a disciple of Ewostatewos, and his best-known disciple is Abba Filipos. He founded the monastery of Debre Mariam in 1374, which is located in modern-day Eritrea. He was captured by the soldiers and tortured on the wheel, then he was thrown on the stove. He endured all the tortures patiently and then was beheaded. ^[1]

Absadi's feast day is September 28 (Meskerem 18 in the Ethiopian Ecclesiastical calendar).

References

Sources

• Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

Further reading

• G. Lusini, Gadla Absadi, text and translation. (Peeters, 1996.)
• The Ethiopian Synaxarion, Meskerem 18