6th century), was a Sasanian Persian noblewoman and Christian venerated after her death as a virgin martyr.
She was killed for refusing to consummate her marriage to a nobleman, and was venerated as a virgin martyr.
[3][5] Not long after her death, Babai the Great (died 628) wrote her biography in Syriac.
[2] The Roman Martyrology describes her as follows: "In Persia, Saint Christina, martyr, who was flogged with rods and concluded the witness of martyrdom under King Chosroes I of the Persians.
"[6] In the Georgian Orthodox Church, her feast day was 15 March in the early 7th century.