Abda of Hira
Abda of Hira was a monk of the Church of the East.
He was born at Al-Hirah, the son of Hanif. He became a monk under Mar Abda of Gamre. After having taught as a disciple by Mar Babai he later lived in a cave. One of his miracle deeds was to have treated with healing oil a wound of a hunter who had been injured by a lion.
He preached Christianity to the Zoroastrian Persians and was said to have worked many miracles before dying in his cave in 680.
