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In hagiography: Shamuni,
mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs was the biblical mother
of the seven sons whose death is told in the book of 2 Maccabees. Although
although unnamed in the biblical account, she was commemorated as a martyr
in the Syriac tradition under the name Shamuni or Mary. In the Syriac
account, she and her sons were martyred in Antioch in Syria.2
Names
- Shamuni, mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs
- ܡܪܝܡ2
- Mariam the Maccabean woman who was called Shamuni2
- Shamuni, mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs2
- Shamuni, mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs2
- Shmouni1
- ܫܡܘܢܝ2
Attestations
Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees (text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1802]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Machabees (text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/619]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees (text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/691]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/966]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/967]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/968]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/969]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees, Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1343]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees, Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1397]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees, Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1514]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in The Maccabees, Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1597]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees, Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1769]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees and Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/2025]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees and Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1661]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees and Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1662]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees and Shmoni
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1730]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees, Shmoni, Eleazar
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/730]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Maccabees, Shmoni, Eleazar
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/731]
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Shamuni, mother of the
Seven Maccabean Martyrs is commemorated in Mariam the Maccabean woman who
was called Shamuni and her seven sons who were martyrs
(text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1868]
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See Also
"Woman with seven sons" in WikipediaWorks Cited
Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.
- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 1743, 401, 476, 773, 774, 775, 777, 1207, 1267, 1415, 1516, 1704, 1994, 1588, 1589, 1661, 516, 517, 1823.
- 2 Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts vol: I, col: 1142-1143, entry: Mingana 600 D., vol: I, col: 1142-1143, entry: Mingana 600 D.
- 3 Mart(y) Shmuni, the Mother of the Maccabean Martyrs, in Syriac TraditionVI Symposium Syriacum 1992Orientalia christiana analectap: 153-168., p: 153-168.
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ܡܪܝܡ
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Shamuni, mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs — ܡܪܝܡ .”, 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/2080.About this Entry
Entry Title: Shamuni, mother of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs — ܡܪܝܡ
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