# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arethas
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:53:08.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arethas"
name: "Arethas"
slug: "arethas"
description: "Arethas or Aretas, also known as Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb, was the leader of the Miaphysite Christian community of Najran in the early 6th century; he was executed during the persecution of Christians by the king of Yemen, Dhu Nuwas, in 523. News of this tragic story among the rest of the Christian persecutions quickly spread the surrounding areas until it reached the ears of Emperor Justin I of the Byzantine Empire and the Christian Kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia, who sent in troops to depose Dhu Nuwas and end the persecution."
tagline: "6th century Miaphysite Christian leader in Najran"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arethas_(al-Haarith)_and_over_4%2C000_with_him_(Menologion_of_Basil_II).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "450"
deathDate: "523"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.59341733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9)"
    title: "حارث (سینٹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3)"
    title: "الحارث (قديس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3)"
    title: "الحارث (قديس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B8%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82)"
    title: "Αρέθας (μάρτυρας)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethas_of_Najran"
    title: "Arethas of Najran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_(m%C3%A1rtir)"
    title: "Aretas (mártir)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%A9thas_(martyr)"
    title: "Aréthas (martyr)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areta_e_compagni"
    title: "Areta e compagni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_av_Najran"
    title: "Aretas av Najran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0_%D0%AD%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Арефа Эфиопский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areta_(mu%C4%8Denik)"
    title: "Areta (mučenik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Арета (мученик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_mfiadini"
    title: "Aretha mfiadini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1565813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump