The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Acacius, Saint

ACACIUS, Saint, bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia, early in the 5th century. He sold the church plate to redeem 7,000 starving Persian slaves. Vararanes (Bahram), the king, is said to have been so affected by this noble action that he sought an interview with the bishop, which resulted in a peace between that prince and Theodosius II, a.d. 422, and a hundred years' peace was sworn between Rome and Persia.