St. Atteh (36 AD)

According to holy tradition, St. Atteh was a royal robe maker by trade and the maker of miters to the Edessan court. When the Apostle Thaddeus was preparing to leave the country, he consecrated Atteh a bishop and appointed him as Locum tenens until his return. During the Apostle Thaddeus' absence, King Apkar's son, who ascended to the throne after his father's death, and who reestablished paganism, demanded that the saint make him a mitre. The saint refused, saying that he could not do so for a pagan. Thus, shortly after the refusal and during instruction of the holy faith and before his pupils, Atteh was martyred.