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Martyr

Pherbutha

A Christian virgin of Persia, accused of sorcery and sawn in two, between 341 and 349.

Feast
April 5old style April 18
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Pherbutha (also called Tarbula, Tarbo, Therbuta or Phermoutha), martyr, was a Christian virgin of Persia, of Syriac descent. She died between the years 341 and 349, sawn in two. She is commemorated on 4 April (our Menaion data has 5 April).

She was accused of sorcery and of bringing illness upon the Persian queen, the wife of Shapur II. Her suffering is recorded in one of the Persian martyr acts. According to those acts, she was the sister of Saint Simeon bar Sabbae.

Commemorated the same day April 5