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Pherbutha
Persian martyr
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 5 April (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 Seleucia in Persia, Saint Pherbutha, widow, who was the sister of the bishop Saint Simeon and under the reign of Shapur II suffered martyrdom together with her servant.
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 5 April as a widow, sister of the bishop Saint Simeon, martyred with her servant under Shapur II.
Connected on this site
- Shemon Bar Sabbae Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q106376682 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tarbula (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.