Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik
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Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik is a 5th-century Georgian Christian hagiographic work recounting the persecution and death of the noblewoman Shushanik for her faith.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian text
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Georgian literary work ⓘ hagiographic work ⓘ saints' life ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | c. 476–484 ⓘ |
| associatedEmpire | Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSaint | Saint Shushanik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Iakob Tsurtaveli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfShushanik |
noblewoman
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queen consort ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Georgia
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Kingdom of Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 5th century ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Archbishop Samuel
NERFINISHED
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Varsken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | hagiography ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
Passion of the Holy Queen Shushanik
NERFINISHED
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The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | conflict between Christian Iberia and Sasanian Iran ⓘ |
| influenced | later Georgian hagiographic literature ⓘ |
| language | Old Georgian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Georgian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Shushanik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | Iakob Tsurtaveli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old Georgian ⓘ |
| portraysEvent |
death of Shushanik as a martyr
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imprisonment of Shushanik ⓘ torture of Shushanik ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Georgian manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Georgian Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 5th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Kingdom of Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the earliest extant Georgian Christian hagiographies
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one of the earliest extant works of Georgian literature ⓘ |
| subject |
conversion to Zoroastrianism resisted
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martyrdom of Shushanik ⓘ persecution of Christians ⓘ religious steadfastness ⓘ |
| theme |
faith versus political power
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female sanctity ⓘ loyalty to Christian faith ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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