St. Absadi

Feastday: September 27

Abyssinian friend of God and follower of St. Eusthatius

14th-century Eritrean Orthodox saint

Abba Absadi (died 1381) is a saint of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. He was a disciple of Ewostatewos, and his best-known disciple is Abba Filipos. He founded the monastery of Debre Mariam in 1374, which is located in modern-day Eritrea. He was captured by the soldiers and tortured on the wheel, then he was thrown on the stove. He endured all the tortures patiently and then was beheaded.

Absadi's feast day is September 28 (Meskerem 18 in the Ethiopian Ecclesiastical calendar).