Persian saints

thumb|right|Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem, illustration by Adolf Hult, 1919 Nehemiah (; ) is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, the autonomous province of Judea within the Achaemenid Empire, under Artaxerxes I (465–424 BC).

Christian martyr

Christian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus

pair of Christian martyrs

Christian martyrs of the 3rd century

5th century Christian saint

Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon

Iranian catholic priest (0400-0418)

human biblical figure

Christian martyrs

Persian saint

Persian saint

Sasanian Persian noblewoman and Christian martyr

Bademus (also known as Bademe and Vadim) was a rich, noble citizen of Bethlapeta in Persia, who founded a monastery nearby. He and some of his disciples were arrested and Bademus was martyred in the year 376; he was subsequently recognized as a saint.

Christian martyr and saint

Assyrian saint

Golindouch, Golindukht, Golindokht, or Dolindokht () (died 591) was a noble Persian lady who converted to Christianity, took the name Maria, and became a saint and martyr.

Iranian saint

Tarbula (d. between 341 and 349), also called Tarbu, Therbuta, Pherbutha, and Phermoutha, (Syriac: ܬܪܒܘ Tarbo) was a Syriac Christian saint, virgin, and martyr who was cut in half by saw after being accused of witchcraft and causing the illness of the Persian queen, wife of Shapur II. Her feast day is 4 April.