Photine
woman met by Jesus at the well (John 4:5–26)
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The Samaritan woman at the well, also known as Photini of Samaria, is a figure from the Gospel of John. John 4:4–42 relates her conversation with Jesus at Jacob's Well near the city of Sychar or Shechem.
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How we know
Carried by the tradition of the church. Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae e codice Sirmondiano nunc Berolinensi — coll. 491-492, the apparatus to 27 February — codices M, Mb and ν read Φωτεινῆς τῆς Σαμαρείτιδος, with her sisters and her sons
- Gospel of John 1 claim — The woman at the well
Glosses
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