Abraham Yates, Jr.

Abraham Yates (August 23, 1724 – June 30, 1796) was an American lawyer and civil servant from Albany, New York.

Biography

He was baptised August 23, 1724 in Albany, New York, the son of Christoffel Yates and Catelyntje Winne.

Besides being a lawyer, Yates was also a shoemaker by trade. He was the chairman of the Albany Committee of Correspondence from 1774 to 1776. Yates was also a member of the New York Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777 and was its chairman in 1776 and 1777.

He was a delegate for New York to the Congress of the Confederation in 1787 and 1788 as well as a New York State Senator from 1777 to 1790, and a member of the Council of Appointment in 1777-78 and 1784.

Yates was a presidential elector in 1792, and cast his votes for George Washington and George Clinton.

He died June 30, 1796.

Legacy

His son-in-law was State Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing, who was the brother of Chancellor John Lansing, Jr.. His nephew, Robert Yates, represented New York at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, alongside John Lansing, Jr. and Alexander Hamilton.

Saint Abraham (Ethiopian)

Abraham is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His feast day is celebrated May 5.

References

Sapor of Bet-Nicator

Sapor of Bet-Nicator (also known as Shapur of Bet-Nicator) was the Christian bishop of Bet-Nicator.

He was reported with 4 companions to King Shapur II, on the basis of their having preached against the Zoroastrian religion. After being subjected to prolonged torture, Bishop Sapor died in prison on November 20, 339.

His companions in martyrdom included Abraham.

There is no record of a feast day for these individuals.

References

Abraham in the Catholic liturgy

Abraham figures prominently in Catholic liturgy. Of all the names of the Old Testament used in the liturgies of the Roman Rite, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham through their association with the idea of sacrifice and their employment in this connection in the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass. Abraham's name occurs so often and in such a variety of connections as to give him, among Old Testament figures, a position of eminence in the liturgy, perhaps surpassed by David alone.

Roman Martyrology (Martyrologium Romanum)