SPEAR Factoids about Women

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Caesaria Hypatissa explaining a woman should not take the eucharist following sex or during menstruation. See factoid page


event: Severus sent a letter to Procla arguing that there was equality of honor between men and women in the garden of Eden but was lost after the fall because sin entered through Eve. See factoid page


event: Sometime between 519-520 Severus of Antioch sent a letter to John and John on the subjects of whether or not non-Chalcedonian exiles in Egypt should take communion; and the question of what to do about Epimachus , a devout man ordained to the clergy but who had entered into a second marriage; and questions about the ordination of deacons and deaconesses in monasteries. See factoid page


event: Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch answered a letter from the wife of Calliopius on the subjects of Christology and the women teaching theology; namely that they should learn theology and teach other women but not men. See factoid page


event: Anonymous 3761 was possessed by demons in order to tempt James. See factoid page


gender: Anonymous 3242 was female. See factoid page

gender: Cosmiana was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3033 was female. See factoid page

event: Demons caused Anonymous 3761 to appear as an angel of light and placed her on the bishop's throne and identified her as Virgin Mary. James and the monks ascent to ordination as priests by Anonymous 3761. See factoid page


gender: Anonymi 3126 were female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3758 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymi 3127 were female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3728 was female. See factoid page

gender: Empress Theodora was female. See factoid page

event: Caesaria Hypatissa wrote a letter to Severus asking about whether or not a woman should take the eucharist following sex or during menstruation. See factoid page


gender: Mary was female. See factoid page

gender: Caesaria was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3739 was female. See factoid page

gender: Caesaria was female. See factoid page

gender: Georgia was female. See factoid page

gender: Thecla was female. See factoid page

gender: Caesaria was female. See factoid page

gender: Isidora was female. See factoid page

gender: Valieriana was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3721 was female. See factoid page

gender: Jannia was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3121 was female. See factoid page

gender: The portress was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3767 was a woman. See factoid page

gender: Heracliana was female. See factoid page

gender: Maria was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 2234 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3761 was female. See factoid page

gender: Vigilantia was female. See factoid page

event: Severus of Antioch and Anonymi 3729 exchanged letters on questions of whether or not there would be sufficient ordained clergy to adminster the Lord's Supper and baptism to the women. Severus of Antioch states that deaconnesses may administer baptism to women and male presbyters or deacons may administer the Lord's Supper. See factoid page


gender: Mary was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3123 was female. See factoid page

gender: Theodora was female. See factoid page

gender: Susan was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3628 was female. See factoid page

gender: Euphemia was female. See factoid page

gender: Anastasia was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3632 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3776 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3670 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3097 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3759 was female. See factoid page

gender: Thecla was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3667 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3606 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anonymous 3607 was female. See factoid page

gender: Anastasia was female. See factoid page

gender: Euphemia was female. See factoid page

gender: Cosmo was female. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Women,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/women.html, 2025-07-01.

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