Drosis - ܕܪܘܣܝܣ

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Drosis was the daughter of the emperor Trajan, who saw Christian virgins burying their dead. She was inspired to help them, and then she became a Christian and martyr herself.

Names

  • ܕܪܘܣܝܣ1
  • Drosis
  • Drosis1
  • Drōsīs
  • Drōsīs1
  • St Drosis2

Sex

female

Floruit

99

Notes

Drosis was the daughter of the emperor Trajan, who saw Christian virgins burying their dead. She was inspired to help them, and then she became a Christian and martyr herself.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 528, 529, 644, 652, 675, 939.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Drosis.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Drosis — ܕܪܘܣܝܣ ” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1695.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Drosis — ܕܪܘܣܝܣ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1695.

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Entry Title: Drosis — ܕܪܘܣܝܣ

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  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
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  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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