Golindouch, Golindukht, Golindokht, or Dolindokht (Greek Γολινδούχ, Γολιανδοὺχ) (died 591) was a noble Persian lady who converted to Christianity, took the name Maria, and became a saint and martyr.
[1] She was persecuted and tortured under Khosrau I and Hormizd IV, and later she died in the Roman city of Mabbog (Hierapolis Bambyce) in 591.
There is a Passion in Greek by Eustratios of Constantinople, which may be based on a lost version by Stephen of Hierapolis written in Syriac shortly after her death.
In Greek, she is known as Αγία Γολινδούχ η Περσίδα που μετονομάστηκε Μαρία, meaning 'Saint Golindouch the Persian who was renamed Maria'.
[4] Evagrius Scholasticus mentions her briefly in his Ecclesiastical History, referring to Stephen of Hierapolis's Life of Golindouch and called her Golianduch (Γολιανδοὺχ).