Tarbula (d. between 341 and 349), also called Tarbu, Therbuta, Pherbutha, and Phermoutha, (Syriac: ܬܪܒܘ Tarbo) was a Syriac Christian saint, virgin, and martyr who was cut in half by saw after being accused of witchcraft and causing the illness of the Persian queen, wife of Shapur II. Her feast day is 4 April.
Tarbula (d. between 341 and 349), also called Tarbu, Therbuta, Pherbutha, and Phermoutha, (Syriac: ܬܪܒܘ Tarbo) was a Syriac Christian saint, virgin, and martyr who was cut in half by saw after being accused of witchcraft and causing the illness of the Persian queen, wife of Shapur II. Her feast day is 4 April.
== Life == Tarbula was born in what is now modern-day Iraq. Her brother was Saint Symeon (also called Simeon), bishop of what is now Al-Mada'in. Their father was a fuller. Tarbula also had a sister whose name is unknown. In some texts "Tarbo" or "Tharba" is the name given to Tarbula, while her sister is named "Pherbutha". Tarbula however is how the historian Sozomen translated her name into Greek.
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