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Shirin ŠĪRĪN1 http://syriaca.org/person/1483 424
In hagiography: Shirin and her two children were martyrs from Beth Zadoq. She was baking bread when she learned of 12000 martyrs under Yazdegerd II. She took herself and her children before the governor and confessed her Christian faith to him. She and her children were decapitated.

Death

445
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Status

Martyrs 1

Status

Saints 1
Saints SyriaquesŠĪRĪNentry: 424. AMSvol: II, p: 529. BHOentry: 705. Šuhadā'vol: II, p: 333. FieyRéhabilitationp: 211-16. J. HabbiBSOvol: II, p: 1057-58.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Shirin and her two children” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1483.

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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Shirin and her two children.”, 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/1483.

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