Name
Barbara, virgin and martyr of Heliopolis
Saint ID
S01807
Number in BH
BHG 213-215
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
| ID | Title | E03947 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 December *Floros and Lauros (martyrs of Ulpiana, S00871), *Paulos and Iouliana/Juliana (martyrs of Ptolemais, S01535), *Barbara (virgin and martyr of Heliopolis, S01807) and *Zephaniah/Sophonias (Old Testament prophet, S01808). | E03948 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 4 December the *twelve Apostles (S00084), *Barbara (virgin and martyr of Heliopolis, S01807), and John of Damascus. | E03955 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 11 December *all Georgian martyrs (S01438), Romanios (unidentified figure), *Barbara (virgin and martyr of Heliopolis, S01807), *Amphilochos (theologian and bishop of Iconium, ob. c. 400, S01805) and *Daniel (stylite near Constantinople, ob. 493, S00342). | E06644 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Barbara (virgin and martyr of Heliopolis, S01807) recounts the story of a young Christian woman, living in a tall tower, who converts a bath-house into a healing pool; her persecution by her father and the governor of the region; the tortures she undergoes (with various miracles along the way); and her eventual execution by her father’s sword; another Christian woman named Iouliane, who witnesses the ordeal of Barbara, also dies a martyr’s death. Written possibly in Heliopolis/Baalbek (Syria), probably by the 7th c. |
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