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Candida was the Christian wife of the Persian emperor Vahran. She was a Roman prison of war whom the other wives of Vahran despised, since she was beautiful and beloved by Vahran. She refuses to recant her Christian identity and is martyred.

Names

  • Candida
  • Candida1, 2

Floruit

272

Sex

female2

Notes

Candida was the Christian wife of the Persian emperor Vahran. She was a Roman prison of war whom the other wives of Vahran despised, since she was beautiful and beloved by Vahran. She refuses to recant her Christian identity and is martyred.
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    • 1 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Candida