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Arphaxat

A Persian sorcerer, who was killed by a thunderbolt, according to Abdias of Babylon, at the same hour as the martyrdom of St. Simon and St. Jude. In the account of the possession of the nuns of Loudun there is a demon Arphaxat, who took possession of the body of Louise de Pinterville.

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