Name
Shushanik, queen and martyr of Georgia and Armenia, 5th c.
Saint ID
S00075
Reported Death Not Before
475
Reported Death Not After
475
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00115 | The Georgian Martyrdom of Queen Shushanik, by the priest Jacob, presents an eyewitness account of the martyrdom of Queen *Shushanik (queen and martyr of Georgia and Armenia, S00075) by her own husband, Varsken, the Vitax of Gogarene. Written in the second half of the 5th c. | E03898 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 October *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), *Shushanik (queen and martyr of Georgia and Armenia, 5th c., S00075), and *Luke (Apostle and Evangelist, S00442). |
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