Name
Ia, female martyr in Persia under Shapur II
Saint ID
S00885
Number in BH
BHG 761
Reported Death Not Before
309
Reported Death Not After
379
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01696 | Greek inscription on a boundary stone commemorating the grant of the privilege of asylum (prosphygion) to a shrine of *'Eias' (perhaps an otherwise unknown martyr, or the Old Testament prophet *Elijah/Elias, S00217), a certain *Andreas (probably the martyr of Antioch, S00883), and a certain *Dometios (probably the monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414). Found at Kfar 'Aruq near Antioch on the Orontes (north-west Syria). Dated 521/522. | E03060 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 19 March possibly *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia, S00885). | E03684 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the tenth century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 20 March *John II (bishop of Jerusalem, S01372) and possibly *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia, S00885) and *Malchus (monk of Maronia, ob. c. 380, S00463). | E04420 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built or restored shrines in Constantinople to the following martyrs: *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439), *Menas and Menaios (martyrs venerated at Constantinople, E01698) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia under Shapur II, S00885). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E06636 | Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Ia (female martyr in Persia under Shapur II, S00885). Skeleton entry |
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