“aaron the illustrious”

(“Aaron the Illustrious” (also known as Aaron of the Nuts) was a Christian monk of Mesopotamia)

He came from Sarug in Osrhoene, and was a disciple of Saint Eugene.

He built two monasteries near Melitene in Armenia in the 4th century.

He had a feast day on Pentecost Monday in the Syriac Orthodox Church, and on February 3, October 22, and May 23.

(he is included in the Syrian Martyrology of ‘Rabban Silba’)