Talia - ܛܠܝܐ
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Talia was the child of Sabellius and
Shapira, who had him at the age of 52. A revelation predicted that Talia, at age two,
would kill impious kings. This news reached the ears of the governor, and they were all
arrested. The child was tried and tortured multiple times, and his parents were stoned. He
was cut in many pieces, but still found intact. He was finally killed after many ordeals,
and his example converted people. He was a martyr at age two. A shrine at Romaniya was built to him.
Names
Sex
male2
Death
4212
Attestation
Talia is commemorated in Talya (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1140] .
2Notes
Talia was the child of Sabellius and
Shapira, who had him at the age of 52. A revelation predicted that Talia, at age two,
would kill impious kings. This news reached the ears of the governor, and they were all
arrested. The child was tried and tortured multiple times, and his parents were stoned. He
was cut in many pieces, but still found intact. He was finally killed after many ordeals,
and his example converted people. He was a martyr at age two. A shrine at Romaniya was built to him.
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 976.
- 2 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 435.
- 3 Cornelia B Horn, "Children and Violence in Syriac Sources: The “Martyrdom of Mar Talya of
Cyrrhus” in the Light of Literary and Theological Implications." Parole de l'Orient vol. 31 (2006).
- 4 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Mar Talya of Cyrrhus.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Talia — ܛܠܝܐ .”, 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/1494.About this Entry
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