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Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Golinduch (Persian convert to Christianity, ob. 590s, S00019). Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E06641

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Greek version of the Martyrdom of Golinduch (BHG 700-701)

We have not examined this text, nor compared it to stories of the martyrdom in other languages. It is believed to be based on a
Martyrdom originally written in Syriac. This original is lost, but there is an extant Georgian translation of it (see Bibliography).

Note that translations of hagiographical literature into other ancient languages are not as a rule recorded in the Cult of Saints database, unless there is evidence to suggest that the translation dates from the 7th century or earlier.

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/13379/

For the edition, see Bibliography.


Bibliography

Text:
Papadopoulos-Kerameus, A., Ἀνάλεκτα Ἱεροσολυμιτικῆς σταχυολογίας (St. Petersburg, 1898) IV, 149-174 and V, 395-396.

Georgian trans. of Syriac original:
Garitte, G. (ed.), "La passion géorgienne de sainte Golindouch," Analecta Bollandiana 74 (1956), 405-440.

Further reading:
Detoraki, M., "Greek Passions of the Martyrs in Byzantium," in: S. Efthymiadis (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography II: Genres and Contexts (Farnham, 2014), 76.


Record Created By

Nikolaos Kälviäinen

Date of Entry

27/09/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00019Golinduch, Persian convert to Christianity, ob. 590sCertain


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