Sophia - ܣܘܦܝܐ

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Sophie or "wisdom" with her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Charity, were martyred in Rome under Hadrian. Sophie was invoked as a saint to fight malaria.

Names

  • ܣܘܦܝܐ1
  • Sophia
  • Sophia (Wisdom)
  • Sophie1
  • SOPHIE2
  • Sopiya
  • Sōpyā1

Sex

female2

Floruit

1382

Notes

Sophie or "wisdom" with her three daughters, Faith, Hope, and Charity, were martyred in Rome under Hadrian. Sophie was invoked as a saint to fight malaria.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 150, 151, 1688, 1924.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 430.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Paul Peeters and Société de Bollandistes, Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (1910)., : 1082-85.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Archive.org Bibliographic recordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 4 Paul Bedjan (ed.), Acta martyrum et sanctorum (Parisiis; Lipsiae: Harrasssowitz, 1890)., : VI, 32-52.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 5 Agnes Smith Lewis, Select narratives of Holy women from the Syro-Antiochene or Sinai palimpsest (London: Clay, 1900)., : 218-44 syr.; 168-84 trad.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Archive.org Bibliographic record
  • 6 Jean Maurice Fiey, "De quelques saints vénérés au Liban." Proche-Orient chrétien vol. 28 (1978)., : 38-39.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Michel van Esbroeck, "Le saint comme symbole." in Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies and Sergei Hackel (eds.), The Byzantine saint (Chester, 1981)., : (London, 1981), 128-40.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, 1277-80.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., “Sophia — ܣܘܦܝܐ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1489.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sophia — ܣܘܦܝܐ .”, 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/1489.

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Entry Title: Sophia — ܣܘܦܝܐ

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