ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL
Saints celebrated on the 4th of April
EPHREM, BISHOP AND MARTYR
According to an old source, this Ephrem [Ephraim] was the 12th bishop of Jerusalem. He tirelessly preached the gospel to Jews and Gentiles, converted many and, after a laborious life's work, entered eternal rest through martyrdom. He ruled under Aelius Hadrianus. (I. 318)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 72)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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