Arethas

6th century Miaphysite Christian leader in Najran

Person human Q1565813

Arethas — Authors of Menologion of Basil II (circa 985 AC, Constantinople), Byzantine manuscript illuminators[1]: Pantoleon with Georgios, Michael the Younger, Michael of Blachernae, Symeon, Symeon of Blacherna · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

12 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[6]
Date of birth: 450
Date of death: 523
Place of birth: Najran
Place of death: Najran
Occupation: martyr
Part of: Martyrs de Najran^[7]
Canonization status: saint^[8]
Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa^[10]
Feast day: October 24^[9]
Subject has role: martyr^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Aretas en Arethas en Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb en Saint Arethas ar الحارث el Αρέθας es Aretas (mártir) fr Aréthas id Santo Aretas it Areta e compagni it Sant'Areta ru Арефа Эфиопский

🔖 Identifiers · 20

ISNI: 0000000067021819
VIAF cluster ID: 41803567
Library of Congress authority ID: nr2006020884
GND ID: 133389758
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01126896
DDB person (GND) ID: 133389758
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 133389758
FAST ID: 1805066
Freebase ID: /m/039zbw
IxTheo authority ID: 691399328
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007297704005171
Parsifal cluster ID: 168261

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Pinakes author ID: 333
Santiebeati ID: 92761
Syriac Biographical Dictionary ID: 3016
Treccani ID: santo-areta
Trismegistos author ID: 1666
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/312268
Yale LUX ID: person/664169dc-1174-42e0-b6b4-9d3370b77649
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ID: A/Arethas_Gefaehrten.html

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🔗 Connections

Canonization status 1

saint

Described by source 1

Pauly–Wissowa

Feast day 1

October 24

Instance of 1

human

Occupation 1

martyr

Place of birth 1

Najran

Place of death 1

Najran

Sex or gender 1

male

Subject has role 1

martyr

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Summary

Arethas's place of birth was Najran^[1]. He was born in 450^[2]. He passed away in Najran^[3]. He died in 523^[4]. He worked as a martyr^[5].

FAQs

Where was Arethas born?

Born in Najran^[1].

Where did Arethas die?

Arethas passed away in Najran^[3].

What did Arethas do for work?

Arethas worked as martyr^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Arethas — place of birth (P19): Najran. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Arethas — place of death (P20): Najran. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Arethas — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Arethas — occupation (P106): martyr. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-02-23. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Arethas — part of (P361): Martyrs de Najran. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Arethas — canonization status (P411): saint. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Arethas — date of birth (P569): 450. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Arethas — date of death (P570): 523. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Arethas — feast day (P841): October 24. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Arethas — described by source (P1343): Pauly–Wissowa. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Arethas — subject has role (P2868): martyr. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2021-07-17. wikidata.org.

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