Saint Shushanik

Saint Shushanik (Armenian:Շուշանիկ, Georgian:შუშანიკი) (born Vardeni Mamikonian c. 440-475) was an early medieval Christian Armenian martyr who was murdered 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 hagiography details extensive resistance to forms of imprisonment, isolation, torture and cruelty by Shushanik.