Barbara
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Barbara; Barbara; BARBĀRA; St Barbara
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1156
identifier: 71
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=S&sK=St%20Barbara&sT=keywords
sex: female
floruit: 313
state: Martyr
In hagiography: Barbara was a pagan girl converted to Christianity and killed by her father after tortures, perhaps during the Diocletian persecution.
event: Barbara is commemorated in Barbara (text).
event: Barbara is commemorated in Barbara and Juliana (text) — .
event: Barbara is commemorated in Barsamya (text) — .
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 1983 1687 85
Saints Syriaques BARBĀRA 71
AMS III, 345-55
BHO 132-34
Lewis Holy Women 77-84
Shuhadā' did not do an Arabic translation.
[General References] Vies des Saints XII, 4 decembre, 119-20
A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity St Barbara