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Thecla (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla .
The governor heard Thecla speak about the Christian God, ordered her clothed, and released her to the rejoicing women of the city. [11] In Myra, Thecla returned to Paul unharmed and "wearing a mantle that she had altered so as to make a man's cloak." [12] She later returned to Iconium to convert her mother. [13] She went to live in Seleucia ...
The Life and Miracles of Saint Thecla (Latin: De vita et miraculis sanctae Theclae) is a Greek hagiography of Thecla, the reputed follower of Paul of Tarsus. [1] The text was composed between 445 and 474. [2] It consists of two books, the first a biography and the second an account of 46 posthumous miracles wrought by Thecla.
Thecla, Tecla, or its variants (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla, lit. " God 's fame") is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla (Thecla of Iconium), a 1st-century Christian martyr.
The Catacomb of Saint Thecla is a Christian catacomb in the city of Rome, near the Via Ostiense and the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, in the southern quarter of the ancient city. The catacomb was constructed in the fourth century of the Common Era, linked with a basilica to the saint that is alluded to in literature.
Thekla (Greek: Θέκλα; early 820s or 830s – after 870), Latinized as Thecla, was a princess of the Amorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. The eldest child of Byzantine emperor Theophilos and empress Theodora , she was proclaimed augusta in the late 830s.
Saint Thecla of Kitzingen (Tecla of England, Heilga) (died ca. AD 790) was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine, nun, abbess, and missionary. She was one of a number of figures associated with Saint Boniface and the Anglo-Saxon mission .
Thekla (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla, lit. ' God’s fame ') is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla, a 1st-century Christian martyr.In English, it is more commonly romanized as Thecla.