SPEAR Factoids about Anonymous 3655

“A sister of Peter, the bishop of Smyrna. A lay woman and patrician who was a slave owner who taught the slaves the Psalms and hours of prayers and service. She spent the last years of her life in Smyrna with her extended household. She outlived her brothers. She was living at the time of John of Ephesus' writing his Lives of the Eastern Saints.” 1

Syriaca.org URI: http://syriaca.org/person/3655

Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Sister of Peter, bishop of Smyrna See factoid page

Social Rank:

Those enslaved the Brother and Sister of Peter were enslaved. See factoid page

Relationships

Peter, Anonymous 3654 and Anonymous 3655 were siblings. See factoid page

Events

The Brother and Sister of Peter taught the people they held as slaves the psalms, prayers, and liturgy of the hours. See factoid page

The Brother and Sister of Peter moved to Smyrna. See factoid page

The brother and sister of Peter wrote letters encouraging him to visit them and be a comfor to them. See factoid page

18 years after entering the Monastery of the Fathers, Peter visited his brother and sister in Smyrna. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Person Page for Anonymous 3655,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/person/3655.html, 2025-07-01.