SPEAR Factoids about

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Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Tabitha See factoid page

Our comfort and our visitor See factoid page

Daughter of the Gazelle See factoid page

Sex:

Euphemia was female. See factoid page

Place of residence:

Euphemia resided in Amida. See factoid page

Sanctity:

Euphemia was a martyr. See factoid page

Euphemia was a saint. See factoid page

Relationships

Mary and Euphemia were siblings. See factoid page

Maria was the child of Anonymi 3610 and Euphemia. See factoid page

Euphemia and Anonymous 3615 were friends. See factoid page

John of Ephesus commemorated Euphemia. See factoid page

Events

Euphemia took a husband and had one daughter, who was trained in religion. See factoid page

Euphemia dedicated her life to asceticism and charitable works. See factoid page

Euphemia and her daughter wove goat's wool and used half of the proceeds to feed the poor, the sick, the prisoners, and the disabled in their community. See factoid page

Euphemia and her daughter labored tirelessly in their charitable endeavors. See factoid page

Euphemia always refused charity for herself and her daughter, and so they never ate except from the proceeds of their labor in their house. See factoid page

Euphemia hired rooms to shelter Anonymi 3611 who had been expelled from their convents during the persecution. See factoid page

Euphemia went around to all of the wealthy people in the city of Amida and asked for donations to distribute to the poor. See factoid page

Euphemia helped those outside of Amida as well and took the sick to the superintendents of the hospitals for care. See factoid page

After thirty years of service, Euphemia aroused the envy of those who held power in the Church. See factoid page

Those who held power in the church in Amida and tried unsuccessfully to force Euphemia to share in their impiety. See factoid page

Euphemia's persecutors imprisoned her for thirty days, then exiled her because her imprisonment caused unrest in the community. See factoid page

Euphemia and her daughter went into exile and were persecuted for five years. See factoid page

Euphemia returned to Amida and stayed at a certain gentleman's house. See factoid page

The adversaries found out that Euphemia returned to Amida and sent a summons for her. See factoid page

Euphemia fell ill, blessed her daughter Maria, and died. See factoid page

Mary passed away ten days before Euphemia. See factoid page

Euphemia completed thirty-five years in the course of perfection -- thirty administering to saints and five in persecution, which led to martyrdom. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Person Page for ,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/person/3025.html, 2023-10-10T10:44:24.001-04:00.