Ahmet the Calligrapher

Ahmet the Calligrapher was a seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire official venerated as a Christian saint. According to Christian beliefs he converted to Christianity and was martyred on 3 May 1682; thus he is commemorated as a martyr on this day. The only mentions of him are in Christian hagiographies.

Ahmet the Calligrapher

Ahmet the Calligrapher was a seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire official venerated as a Christian saint. According to Christian beliefs he converted to Christianity and was martyred on 3 May 1682; thus he is commemorated as a martyr on this day. The only mentions of him are in Christian hagiographies.