Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Abel" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1104
    
        
            
                
                    Abel
                    ABEL
                    http://syriaca.org/person/1104
                    12
                    male
                    500
                    In hagiography: Abel was the first stylite
          saint of the monastery of Qartmin and was a patron against eye disease and paralysis. According to
          hagiographic tradition, Philoxenus of
            Mabbug called upon him for a benediction.
                    
                        Saints Syriaques
                        ABEL
                        
                        12
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                Palmer
                            
                        
                        Monk and Mason
                        
                        77, 112-14
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                G.D.
                                Gordini
                            
                        
                        BS
                        
                        I,
               64