Shmona — ܫܡܘܢܐ
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ܫܡܘܢܐ; Shmuna; Shmona; Shamona; ŠMŌNA
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/1486
identifier: 181
sex: male
Shmona and Gourya were two martyrs who were killed in Edessa during the Diocletian persecution. There was great devotion to these saints in Edessa.
event: Shmona is commemorated in Euphemia and the Goth (text).
event: Shmona is commemorated in Guria and Shmona (text).
event: Shmona is commemorated in Guria and Shmona (text).
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca 1559, 6, 726
Saints Syriaques GŪRĪA et ŠMŌNA 181
[Syriac Acts] I.E. Rahmani Acta sanctorum confessorum Guriae et Shemonae (Rome, 1899)
Burkitt Euphemia 3*-25*, 90-110
BHO 363
AMS I, 131-43
BHO 366
BHO 364-65
Šuhadā'' I, 100-101
J.-M. Sauget DHGE 129-30 (1980); 1193-94
OCA 236 (1988), 195 n. 1
P. Devos La liste martyrologique des textes du Guria et Shamona AB 90 (1972); 15-26
P. Chiesa Il dossier agiografico latino dei Santi Gurias, Samonas e Abibos Aerum 65 (1991), 221-58
J.-M. Sauget BS VII, 539-43
[There existed a monastery under the patronage of Guria near Seert.] Fiey Nisibe 224-25