S. BARSAS, B.C. OF EDESSA.
(about a.d. 371.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authority: Theodoret, Hist. Eccles. lib. iv. c. 16.]
arses or Barsas, Bishop of Edessa was banished by the Arian Emperor Valens to the Isle of Aradus; but when it was found that multitudes resorted to him, for he was filled with apostolic gifts, the emperor sent him to Oxyrynchus, a city of Egypt But as his fame still attracted attention, he was banished to a greater distance; and this old man, "who was worthy of heaven, was then conveyed to the fortress called Philæ, situated on the frontier of the barbarian nations."