Honoring Persecuted Middle East Christians, Pope Francis Adds Assyrian Saint to Martyrology

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Honoring Persecuted Middle East Christians, Pope Francis Adds Assyrian Saint to Martyrology
Pope Francis meets with Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, at the Vatican on Nov. 9, 2024.

St. Isaac of Nineveh, also known as Isaac the Syrian, was a revered Christian mystic, monk and bishop.