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{{Saints | {{Saints | ||
|SaintName= Saint Barbea of Edessa | |SaintName=Saint Barbea of Edessa | ||
|SaintStage= Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=January 29 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace= Edessa, Mesopotamia (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey) | |SaintBirthPlace=Edessa, Mesopotamia (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates= 37. | |SaintBirthCoordinates=37.1583, 38.7917 | ||
|DeathPlace=Edessa, Mesopotamia (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey) | |||
|DeathPlace= Edessa, Mesopotamia (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey) | |SaintDeathCoordinates=37.1583, 38.7917 | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates= 37. | |SaintCauseOfDeath=Martyrdom by beheading | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath= Martyrdom by beheading | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Profession=Christian Convert | |||
|Attributes=Palm branch, sword | |||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
|Canonized= Yes | |||
|Profession= Christian Convert | |||
|Attributes= Palm branch, sword | |||
|AdditionalVeneration= Eastern Orthodox Church | |||
}} | }} | ||
Saint Barbea of Edessa, born in the late 1st century in what is now Şanlıurfa, Turkey, was a courageous early Christian martyr who died alongside her brother, Saint Sarbelius. Raised in a pagan family, she converted to Christianity after Sarbelius, a high priest of Edessa’s idol cults, embraced the faith under a bishop’s influence. Baptized together, their radical shift enraged the local pagans during Emperor Trajan’s reign (98–117 AD). Arrested amid his persecutions, Barbea and Sarbelius endured torture with red-hot irons before being beheaded around 101 AD, their deaths a powerful witness to the nascent Christian community in Mesopotamia. | Saint Barbea of Edessa, born in the late 1st century in what is now Şanlıurfa, Turkey, was a courageous early Christian martyr who died alongside her brother, Saint Sarbelius. Raised in a pagan family, she converted to Christianity after Sarbelius, a high priest of Edessa’s idol cults, embraced the faith under a bishop’s influence. Baptized together, their radical shift enraged the local pagans during Emperor Trajan’s reign (98–117 AD). Arrested amid his persecutions, Barbea and Sarbelius endured torture with red-hot irons before being beheaded around 101 AD, their deaths a powerful witness to the nascent Christian community in Mesopotamia. | ||