Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Protonice" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1419 Protonice PROTONICE http://syriaca.org/person/1419 355 female 50 In hagiography: Protonike was purportedly the wife of the emperor Claudius. Her legend was interpolated into The Teaching of Addai. She travelled to Jerusalem, converted to Christianity, and discovered the true cross. Saints Syriaques PROTONICE 355 J. Leroy Manuscrits syriaques de peintures (Paris, 1964), I, 360-61 Segal, Edessa, 69-72. S. Reid Zur frühen Protonike und Kyriakoslegende AB 109 (1991), 73-108 Fiey Saintes femmes J.M. Fiey BSO II, 858