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In hagiography: Diocletian fell in love with
a young woman, Rhipsime, when he saw her picture. She lived a convent with 17 others, and
they fled to Armenia. They were
captured by the king Tiridates, who tortured and killed Rhipsime, her teacher Gayana, and
the other virgins. In the hagiographical account, the king was then turned into a boar.
After the king is cured, he and Armenia convert to Christianity.
Names
- Gayana
- GAYANA1
Sex
female1
Floruit
3031
Notes
In hagiography: Diocletian fell in love with
a young woman, Rhipsime, when he saw her picture. She lived a convent with 17 others, and
they fled to Armenia. They were
captured by the king Tiridates, who tortured and killed Rhipsime, her teacher Gayana, and
the other virgins. In the hagiographical account, the king was then turned into a boar.
After the king is cured, he and Armenia convert to Christianity.
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- 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 168.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Gayana” in Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints, last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1247.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Gayana.” In Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints, 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/1247.About this Entry
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