Passio Michael Sabaitae
Theodore, Abu Qurrah, Passio Michael Sabaitae, in: ‘La passion de S. Michel le Sabaïte’, Analecta Bollandiana 48, edited by Peeters, P., City, 1930: 66–77.
♦ Georgian passion, narrated by Theodore Abu Qurrah (ca. 750–ca. 830), of Michael, monk of the monastery of St. Sabas, executed by Caliph ‘Abd el Maliq ibn Marwan between 691 and 705. It is translated from an Arabic version, probably the original text, written by an Arabophone monk of Mar Saba in the early ninth century. The narrator who transmitted Abu Qurrah’s report is Basilius, a priest of Mar Saba, probably Basil of Emesa, author of a Greek Life of Saint Theodore of Edessa (written in the mid-ninth century), which also contains an account of Michael’s martyrdom. See Griffith, ‘Neo-Martyrs’, pp. 170–183.
♦ Georgian passion, narrated by Theodore Abu Qurrah (ca. 750–ca. 830), of Michael, monk of the monastery of St. Sabas, executed by Caliph ‘Abd el Maliq ibn Marwan between 691 and 705. It is translated from an Arabic version, probably the original text, written by an Arabophone monk of Mar Saba in the early ninth century. The narrator who transmitted Abu Qurrah’s report is Basilius, a priest of Mar Saba, probably Basil of Emesa, author of a Greek Life of Saint Theodore of Edessa (written in the mid-ninth century), which also contains an account of Michael’s martyrdom. See Griffith, ‘Neo-Martyrs’, pp. 170–183.