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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.
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Sex
female2
Event
Candida is commemorated in Candida (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1143] .
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.
- 2 Sebastian P Brock, "A Martyr at the Sasanid Court under Vahran II: Candida." Analecta Bollandiana / Société des Bollandistes (1978).
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, “Candida.”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/3003.About this Entry
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