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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