Protonice - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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In hagiography:
Protonike was purportedly the wife of the emperor
Claudius. Her legend was interpolated into The Teaching of Addai
[http://syriaca.org/work/921]
. She
travelled to Jerusalem, converted to Christianity, and discovered the
true cross.
Names
- Protonice
- PROTONICE1
Floruit
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Notes
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Works Cited
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- 1 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 355.
- 3 Jules Leroy, Les manuscrits syriaques à peintures, conservés dans les bibliothèques d’Europe et d’Orient. Contribution à l’étude de l’iconographie des églises de langue syriaque, Bibliothèque archéologique et historique 77 (Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1964), vol: I, p: 360-61.
- 5 Stefan Heid, "Zwei frühen Protonike- und Kyriakoslegende." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 109:1-2 (1991)., p: 73-108.
- 6 Jean-Maurice Fiey, "Une hymne nestorienne sur les saintes femmes." Analecta Bollandiana vol. 84 (1966).
- 7 Enciclopedia dei santi: le chiese orientali [= Bibliotheca sanctorum orientalium] (Roma: Città nuova, 1998)., vol: II, p: 858.
- 8 Judah Benzion Segal, Edessa, ‘The Blessed City’ (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970)., p: 69-72.
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