Simeoni bar Sabas na wenzake (walifariki nchini Uajemi, 345) walikuwa Wakristo zaidi ya 100, wakiwemo maaskofu, mapadri na watawa, waliofungwa muda mrefu wakauawa kwa sababu ya kukataa kumkana Yesu Kristo na kuabudu jua katika dhuluma ya mfalme Sabor II .Kati yao wanatajwa kwa jina mapadri Abdhaykla na Hananya, pia afisa Pusayk. Baada ya wote kukatwa shingo, wa mwisho alikuwa Simeoni mwenyewe, askofu mkuu wa Seleukia-Ktesifon, leo Al-Mada'in nchini Iraki kuanzia mwaka 324. Yeye alikatwa kichwa. Tangu kale wanaheshimiwa na Waorthodoksi, Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki na Wakatoliki kama watakatifu wafiadini. Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 17 Aprili au 30 Aprili au 17 Agosti. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92746 A near-contemporary 5th century Christian work, the Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen, contains considerable detail on the Persian Christians martyred under Shapur II. Sozomen estimates the total number of Christians killed as follows: The number of men and women whose names have been ascertained, and who were martyred at this period, has been computed to be upwards of sixteen thousand, while the multitude of martyrs whose names are unknown was so great that the Persians, the Syrians, and the inhabitants of Edessa, have failed in all their efforts to compute the number.