Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Awida" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1146 Awida AWIDA http://syriaca.org/person/1146 61 male 342 In hagiography: Awida was a Persian confessor whose ears and nose were cut off; he had wanted to follow Yazidpanah to martyrdom. Yazdapnah was a magian from a village near Karka de Ledan in Beth Huzaye(Huzistan). He stayed five years in prison before the martyrdom of Gregory Pirangusnasp. Saints Syriaques AWIDA 61