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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


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
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00115The 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.
E03898The 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).