RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shushanik

440 - 475

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Shushanik (Armenian: Շուշանիկ; Georgian: შუშანიკი; c. 440 – 475), also known as Shushanika or Vardandukht, was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr. Her martyrdom is described in her confessor Jacob’s hagiographic work, the oldest extant work of Georgian language literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shushanik is the 1,705th most popular religious figure (down from 1,686th in 2019). (up from 1,927th in 2019)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shushanik ranks 1,705 out of 3,187. Before her are John Njue, Maria Schicklgruber, Giovanni Urbani, Clare of Montefalco, Anna Schäffer, and Jair. After her are Lanfranc, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Modestus of Jerusalem, Marina the Monk, Júlio Duarte Langa, and Jeanne de Lestonnac.

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Among people born in 440, Shushanik ranks 6. Before her are Pope Felix III, Childeric I, Euric, Ammonius Hermiae, and Vakhtang I of Iberia. After her are Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, and Philoxenus of Mabbug. Among people deceased in 475, Shushanik ranks 2. Before her is Gerasimus of the Jordan. After her is Elishe.

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