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The Acts of Paul and Thecla is a 2nd-century text (c. AD 180) which forms part of the Acts of Paul, but was also circulated separately.According to the text, Thecla was a young noble virgin from Iconium who chose to leave her fiancé so she could convert to Christianity and follow Paul.
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 spent the rest of her life there. In the grotto, Thecla dug into a natural spring. The faithful believe these to be sacred waters that can cure paralysis, rheumatism, and infertility. Thecla spent her life healing the sick and preaching the Christian faith, finally dying at age 90. She is buried in the grotto.
Maria Teresa Merlo (20 February 1894 – 5 February 1964) – in religious life "Tecla" – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Daughters of Saint Paul that she established alongside Blessed Giacomo Alberione.
Many surviving versions of the Acts of Paul and Thecla in Greek, and some in Coptic, as well as references to the work among Church fathers show that it was widely disseminated. In the Eastern Church, the wide circulation of the Acts of Paul and Thecla in Greek, Syriac, and Armenian is evidence of the veneration of Thecla of Iconium. There are ...
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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 .
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