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Sultana Mahdokht (died January 12, 319) was the daughter of Pholar, the Prince of Dorsas. Together with her brothers Adorfrowa and Mehrnarsa, Mahdokht is a canonized saint in the Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church due to her and her brothers' execution on January 12, 319 A.D. for leaving the Zoroastrian faith at a time when apostasy was punished by death under Shapur II. The Church of the East as well as the Chaldean Catholic Church commemorate their feast day on January 12. She is also the patron saint of the Assyrian village of Araden, which is located in northern Iraq. A church dating from the 4th century in that village commemorates her by bearing her name (which comes from Persian māh, meaning 'moon', and dokht, meaning 'daughter'). It is a pilgrimage site for many Syriac Christians.