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In hagiography: “Sarah” was the traditional name for a male martyr’s sister. This pseudonymous usage is derived from Sarah the biblical matriarch and wife of Abraham. One of the most prominent women named "Sarah" in Syriac hagiography was Sara the sister of Behnam. Another is the Sarah associated with Zayna.

Names

  • Sarah
  • SĀRAH1

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  • 1 Jean Maurice Fiey, Saints Syriaques (Princeton, N.J.: The Darwin Press, Inc., 2004), entry: 387.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sarah” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1451.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sarah.”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1451.

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