Sophia - ܣܘܦܝܐ
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Attestation
Sophia is commemorated in Euphemia and the Goth (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1634] .
1Notes
The widow Sophia and her
daughter Euphemia quarter a Goth
in the Roman army in Edessa. The
Goth forces Sophia to give Euphemia to him in marriage, but he then enslaves her. The
intercession of Sts. Shmona, Guria,
and Habib saves Euphemia and
returns her to Edessa. 1
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1559.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sophia — ܣܘܦܝܐ .”, 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/2089.About this Entry
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