Barbara - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography: Barbara was a pagan girl
converted to Christianity and killed by her father after tortures, perhaps during the
Diocletian persecution.
Names
Sex
female1
Floruit
3131
Attestations
Barbara is commemorated in Barbara (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/2014] .
2Barbara is commemorated in Barbara and Juliana (text) — [http://syriaca.org/work/1752] .
2Barbara is commemorated in Barsamya (text) — [http://syriaca.org/work/306] .
2Notes
In hagiography: Barbara was a pagan girl
converted to Christianity and killed by her father after tortures, perhaps during the
Diocletian persecution.
Shuhadā' did not do an Arabic translation.
Status: incomplete
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Works Cited
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- 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 71.
- 2 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1983, 1687, 85.
- 3 Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., : III, 345-55.
- 4 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 132-34.
- 5 Agnes Smith Lewis, Select narratives of Holy women from the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai palimpsest (London: Clay, 1900)., : 77-84.
- 7 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., : XII, 4 decembre, 119-20. Note: General References .
- 8 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Barbara.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Barbara.”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1156.About this Entry
Entry Title: Barbara
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