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Marina - ܡܪܝܢܐ

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After her mother died, Marina entered the monastery with her father. She disguised herself as a man, Marinos. A woman blamed her for her pregnancy, and she was expelled from the monastery. She miraculously nursed the baby. Her sex was discovered after her death. Among the Syrians, she was venerated by the Maronites.

Names

  • ܡܪܝܢܐ1
  • Marina
  • Marinā
  • MARINA2
  • Marine (Marie)1
  • Maryānē1
  • St Marina6

Sex

female2

Notes

After her mother died, Marina entered the monastery with her father. She disguised herself as a man, Marinos. A woman blamed her for her pregnancy, and she was expelled from the monastery. She miraculously nursed the baby. Her sex was discovered after her death. Among the Syrians, she was venerated by the Maronites.
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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 32, 278, 950, 1684, 1919.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 296.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 690-97.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961-1970)., : VIII, 1165-70.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Sebastian P Brock, "St Marina and Satan: A Syriac Dialogue Poem." Collectanea Christiana Orientalia vol. 5 (2008).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Marina.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Marina — ܡܪܝܢܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1365.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Marina — ܡܪܝܢܐ .”, 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/1365.

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Entry Title: Marina — ܡܪܝܢܐ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Jean Maurice Fiey
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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