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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Taguhi, fifth century martyr in Caucasian Albania

Saint ID

S00598

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00133The History of the Albanians (1.29) recounts the martyrdom by the Huns of *T'aguhi (martyr in Caucasian Albania, S00598), an Albanian noble woman; of the subsequent conversion of the Huns, and of the collection of her relics. Written in Armenian, probably in Caucasian Albania, possibly in the 6th c. or 7th c.