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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 Acts of Paul and Thecla (Latin: Acta Pauli et Theclae) is an apocryphal text describing Paul the Apostle's influence on a young virgin named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament apocrypha .
Saints Archelais, Thecla, and Susanna were Christian virgins of the Romagna region in Northern Italy. During the Diocletianic Persecution in the 3rd century, the virgins disguised themselves as men, cut their hair, and escaped to a remote area in Campagna in Southern Italy .
Patron saint of Hungary Martyrs Theodore and his son, John, of Kiev: 10th c. Kiev: in all Rus lands: The Franciscan protomartyrs: 1220: Morocco: of the Franciscan order: Peter of Verona: 1252 Italy: of the Dominican Order: Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala [5] 1527: Mexico: in the Americas: Juan de Padilla: 1542: Kansas: in what is now the United ...
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.
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 .
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.
Thecla of Kitzingen, a saint; Thecla of Persia (4th century), martyr; Saint Tetha (c. 5th century), virgin and saint, a Welsh nun credited with the establishment of St. Teath in Cornwall; Princess Thecla of Georgia (1776–1846), member of the Georgian royal family; Thecla Åhlander (1855–1925), Swedish stage and film actress