(ABOUT A.D. 371.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authority: Theodoret, Hist. Eccles. lib. iv. c.
16.]
Barses 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 Philae,
situated on the frontier of the barbarian nations."