# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shushanik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:53:48.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shushanik"
name: "Shushanik"
slug: "shushanik"
description: "Shushanik, also known as Shushanika or Vardandukht, was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr. Her martyrdom is described in her confessor Jacob’s hagiographic work, the oldest extant work of Georgian language literature. The hagiography details Shushanik's extensive resistance to imprisonment, isolation, torture and cruelty."
tagline: "Armenian Christian martyr"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shushanik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "440"
deathDate: "0475-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.89330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Шушанік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Сьвятая Шушанік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0u%C5%A1anik"
    title: "Šušanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shushanik"
    title: "Shushanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Cu%C5%9Danik"
    title: "Ŝuŝanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "شوشانیک مقدس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chouchanik"
    title: "Chouchanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "שושניק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF"
    title: "Շուշանիկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B0%D5%AB_%D5%87%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Սրբուհի Շուշան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shushanik"
    title: "Shushanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shushanik"
    title: "Shushanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98"
    title: "წმინდა შუშანიკი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjoesjanik"
    title: "Sjoesjanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana_da_Arm%C3%AAnia"
    title: "Susana da Armênia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A8%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Святая Шушаник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Света Сузана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eu%C5%9Fanik"
    title: "Şuşanik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump