Tarbula, her sister, and a servant were all virgins and lived together "in a kind of ascetic house community",[2] in the manner of Members of the Covenant.
Tarbula, her sister and the servant were brought to the royal court to attend the queen of Persian emperor Shapur II.
[5] The queen suggested that she marry to increase her position, but Tarbula refused because she had made a vow to a life of service to God and virginity.
[1] All three women were accused of witchcraft and for causing the queen's illness, in retaliation for the death of Symeon who had been murdered by Shapur II.
[7] According to Sozomen, the case against the women was interpreted as retaliation against Emperor Constantine's banning of the prostitution of young girls and the destruction of the temple of Venus.
1634) copper engraving by an unknown artist (possibly Adriaen Collaert) in' Sacrum Sanctuarium Crucis ' by Petro Bivero[13] Balthasar I Moretus depicted the Martyrdom of St. Tarbula with turbaned onlookers.