Guhishtazad
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Guhishtazad; GUHIŠTĀZĀD
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1255
identifier: 179
sex: eunuch
In hagiography: Guhishtazad was a eunuch martyr at Karka d-Ledan. He was an old man who worked under Shapur II. He was head of the eunuchs and became a Christian, but he lapsed into Zoroastrianism. But the example of Simeon bar Ṣabbaʿe inspired Guhishtazad to become Christian again, and he died a martyr.
Saints Syriaques GUHIŠTĀZĀD 179
ASMO 10-36
BHO 1117-19
AMS II, 120-30
Šuhadā'' I, 192-234
Devos
"Notes"
242-46
References to Sozomene and to Martyrologie of 411.
J.-M. Sauget BS XI, 1097-1100