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{{short description|Biblical character}} {{About|the biblical figure|the name|Sarah (given name)|other uses|Sarah (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | image = James Jacques Joseph Tissot - Abram's Counsel to Sarai - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg | caption = ''Abram's Counsel to Sarai'' (1896–1902) by [[James Tissot]] | name = Sarah | native_name = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|שָׂרָה}}}} | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Ur of the Chaldees]] | death_place = [[Hebron]] | resting_place_coordinates = 31.5247° N, 35.1107° E | burial_place = [[Cave of the Patriarchs]] | spouse = [[Abraham]] | children = [[Isaac]] | father = | relatives = [[Ishmael]] (step-son) }} '''Sarah'''{{efn|{{hebrew Name|שָׂרָה|Sara|Śārā}}; {{langx|ar|سَارَة}} {{Transliteration|ar|Sārah}}}} (born '''Sarai'''){{efn|{{Script/Hebrew|שָׂרַי}} ''Sāray''}} is a [[Patriarchs (Bible)#Matriarchs|biblical matriarch]], [[prophet]], and major figure in [[Abrahamic religions]]. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]] all depict her character similarly, as that of a [[Piety|pious]] woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife of [[Abraham]], and the mother of [[Isaac]]. Sarah has her [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] on 1 September in the [[Catholic Church]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zeno|title=Lexikoneintrag zu »Sara (5)«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 5. Augsburg 1882, ...|url=http://www.zeno.org/Heiligenlexikon-1858/A/Sara+(5)|access-date=2021-10-24|website=www.zeno.org|language=de}}</ref> 19 August in the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sara|url=https://deon.pl/imiona-swietych/sara,8279|access-date=2022-01-01|website=DEON.pl|language=pl}}</ref> 20 January in the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|LCMS]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lutheran - Religious calendar 2021 - Calendar.sk|url=https://calendar.zoznam.sk/church_nameday-polut.php|access-date=2021-10-24|website=calendar.zoznam.sk}}</ref> and 12 and 20 December in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Праведная Са́рра, жена ветхозаветного патриарха Авраа́ма|url=https://azbyka.ru/days/sv-sarra|access-date=2021-12-16|website=azbyka.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
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