PHOTINA. This is the Name that the Greeks give to the Samaritan Woman, that was converted by our Saviour. See John iv. 7, 8, 9, &c. They tell long Stories of her Martyrdom, and of that of her Children and Sisters; but nothing of this can be rely’d on. See Bollandus on March 20, p. 80. and the Martyrologies on the same Day; and Salazar M. Hispan. p. 330. Basnage’s History of the Jews, t. 6. l. 8. c. 4. n. 19. See SAMARITAN.
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