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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

  • ܐܘܓܢܝܐ1
  • Eugenia
  • Eugénie1
  • Ēwgēnyā
  • St Eugenia2
  • ʾĒwgēnyā1

Death

258

Sex

female

Notes

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, n.d, entry: 143. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 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