[2] Cleopatra originally came from a village called Edra near Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee.
[3] She was a contemporary of the holy martyr Saint Varus and had witnessed his suffering and execution.
After Varus' death, Cleopatra had his remains taken to her home in Daraa, Syria where she had them buried with reverence.
By 319, John had attained the officer rank of centurion, but to her great sorrow, had died suddenly.
[3] She moved to live by the church that she had built over the relics of Saint Varus and her son.