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Bebaia
martyr at Edessa, sister of Charbel
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Edessa in Osroene, now in Turkey, the holy martyrs Charbel, priest, and Bebaia, his sister, who tradition says were led to baptism by the bishop Saint Barsimaeus and suffered martyrdom for Christ.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 29 January as the sister of the priest Charbel, martyred with him at Edessa.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.