Abiatha, Hathes, and Mamlacha were

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s and

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s of the Beth-Garma province of

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. The word "Belth" in Chaldaic means "hill", this city was built on a hill in Assyria. They were martyred under

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, about 345 AD. Their

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is November 20. They are included in the '' Heiligen-Lexicon'' by J. E. Stadler. Mamlacha is also a Hebrew word which means "Kingdom".

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*Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. * Year of birth unknown 345 deaths Saints trios Persian saints Syrian Christian saints 4th-century Christian martyrs People executed by the Sasanian Empire Christians in the Sasanian Empire {{saint-stub