Pherbutha
Persian martyr
Feast: 5 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Tarbula (d. between 341 and 349), also called Tarbu, Therbuta, Pherbutha, and Phermoutha, (Syriac: ܬܪܒܘ Tarbo) was a Syriac Christian saint, virgin, and martyr who was cut in half by saw after being accused of witchcraft and causing the illness of the Persian queen, wife of Shapur II. Her feast day is 4 April, and she has been commemorated in one of the Persian martyr acts.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Shemon Bar Sabbae Saint Brother or sister
- Wikidata Q106376682 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tarbula (CC BY-SA)
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