Eugenia - ܐܘܓܢܝܐ
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Eugenia was a daughter of the
duke of Alexandria who converted
to Christianity, fled as a transvestite to become an abbot of a monastery, converted her
parents to Christianity, and was later martyred with her mother, Claudia. 1
Names
Sex
female
Death
2581
Attestation
Eugenia is commemorated in Eugenia and her Friends (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/363] .
1Notes
Eugenia was a daughter of the
duke of Alexandria who converted
to Christianity, fled as a transvestite to become an abbot of a monastery, converted her
parents to Christianity, and was later martyred with her mother, Claudia. 1
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 143.
- 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Eugenia.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Eugenia — ܐܘܓܢܝܐ .”, 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/1716.About this Entry
Entry Title: Eugenia — ܐܘܓܢܝܐ
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