Protonice - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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In hagiography: Protonike was purportedly the wife of the emperor Claudius. Her legend was interpolated into The Teaching of Addai [http://syriaca.org/work/921] . She travelled to Jerusalem, converted to Christianity, and discovered the true cross.

Names

  • Protonice
  • PROTONICE1

Sex

female1

Floruit

501

Notes

In hagiography: Protonike was purportedly the wife of the emperor Claudius. Her legend was interpolated into The Teaching of Addai [http://syriaca.org/work/921] . She travelled to Jerusalem, converted to Christianity, and discovered the true cross.
Segal, Edessa, 69-72.
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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 355.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Jules Leroy, Les manuscrits syriaques à peintures conservés dans les bibliothèques d'Europe et d'Orient; contribution à l'étude de l'iconographie des Eglises de langue syriaque (Paris: P. Geuthner, 1965)., : (Paris, 1964), I, 360-61.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Stefan Heid, "Zur frühen Protonike- und Kyriakoslegende." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 109 (1991)., : 109 (1991), 73-108.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Jean Maurice Fiey, "Une hymne nestorienne sur les saintes femmes." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 84 (1966).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., : II, 858.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., “Protonice” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1419.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Protonice.”, 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/1419.

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