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In hagiography: Guhishtazad was a eunuch martyr at Karka d-Ledan. He was an old man who worked under Shapur II. He was head of the eunuchs and became a Christian, but he lapsed into Zoroastrianism. But the example of Simeon bar Ṣabbaʿe inspired Guhishtazad to become Christian again, and he died a martyr.

Names

  • Guhishtazad
  • GUHIŠTĀZĀD1

Sex

eunuch1

Notes

In hagiography: Guhishtazad was a eunuch martyr at Karka d-Ledan. He was an old man who worked under Shapur II. He was head of the eunuchs and became a Christian, but he lapsed into Zoroastrianism. But the example of Simeon bar Ṣabbaʿe inspired Guhishtazad to become Christian again, and he died a martyr.
References to Sozomene and to Martyrologie of 411.
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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: 179.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Stefano Evodio Assemani, Acta Sanctorum Martyrum Orientalium et Occidentalium vol. 1 (Typis Josephi Collini, 1748)., : 10-36.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record
  • 4 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 1117-19.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., : II, 120-30.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 6 Addai Scher, Kitāb ašhar šuhadā' al-mašriq (Vies des saints martyrs d'Orient (Mossoul, 1900)., : I, 192-234.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : XI, 1097-1100.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Guhishtazad” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1255.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Guhishtazad.”, 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/1255.

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