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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tarbo/Therbous/Pherbouthe and her companions, martyrs in Persia, ob. c. 341

Saint ID

S01611

Number in BH

BHO 1149, BHG 1511

Reported Death Not Before

341

Reported Death Not After

379

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03700The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 5 April *Terentios (possibly the martyr of Carthage, S01431), also possibly *Tarbo and her companions (martyrs in Persia, S01611).
E04002Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (2.9-14), recounts the persecution of Christians in Persia under Shapur II (341-379), based on Syriac hagiograhical sources. These include martyrdom accounts of *Symeon/Shimun Bar Saba and his companions (S00592), *Pusai and his daughter (S01218), *Tarbo (S01611), *Akebeshma (S01725), *Aithala and Hapsai (S01482), *Azadan and Abdishu (S01726), and *Miles (S00919). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.
E06633Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Tarbo/Therbous/Pherbouthe and her companions (martyrs in Persia, ob. c. 341, S01611). Skeleton entry