Sophia the Martyr
Acta Sanctorum, May 22
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ON ST. SOPHIA THE MARTYR

SKILLED IN MEDICINE AMONG THE GREEKS.

From their Ms. Synaxaria.

[Commentary]

Sophia, Martyr, skilled in Medicine, among the Greeks (S.)

G. H.

Several are venerated among the Greeks holy women,
called Sophia, from whom we judge this one
distinct: of whom make mention several Ms.
Menaea, the Milanese of the Ambrosian library,
and on May XX the Turin of the Duke of Savoy, likewise on this day the Ms. Synaxarium of the Church of Constantinople,
with these words everywhere: Καὶ
ἄθλησις
τῆς
ἁγίας
Μάρτυρος
Σοφίας
τὴς
ὶατρίνης. And the contest of the holy
Martyr Sophia, the physician. The same I read in the Latin version
of the Arabo-Egyptian Martyrology kept in our Maronite College
at Rome. The kind of martyrdom is indicated in the Ms. Menaea
which at Dijon likewise in the College of the Society of Jesus with Peter
Francis Chifflet we found, while there we read. Ἡ
ἁγία
Σοφία
ἡ
ἰατρίνη
ξίφει
τελειοῦται. The holy Sophia
the physician by the sword obtains the end of her life. And these verses
are added.

Ιατρὸς
ἔν
πρὶν
σωμάτων
ἡ
Σοφία
Τμηθεῖσα
γοῦν
δείκνυται
καὶ
πνευμάτων.

Sophia formerly the physician of bodies, was made.
The physician of souls, when she was cut down with the head.
