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Candida was the
Christian wife of the Persian emperor Vahran. She was a Roman prison of war
whom the other wives of Vahran despised, since she was beautiful and beloved
by Vahran. She refuses to recant her Christian identity and is
martyred.
Names
Floruit
272
Attestation
Candida is commemorated in Candida (text)
[http://syriaca.org/work/1143]
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Notes
Status: draft
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Works Cited
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- 1 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Candida.
- 2 A Martyr at the Sasanid Court under Vahran II: CandidaAnalecta Bollandiana / Société des Bollandistes
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