Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (ed.), "Candida" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/3003 Candida Candida http://syriaca.org/person/3003 http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=S&sK=St%20Candida&sT=keywords 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. 272 female Martyr Saint Candida is commemorated in Candida (text). A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity St Candida A Martyr at the Sasanid Court under Vahran II: Candida Analecta Bollandiana / Société des Bollandistes Not the same person as Candida.