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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis: 4431 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108-2496 Ephiphany of Our Lord 6596 Smiley Ave, St. Louis, MO 63139-2487 Founded 1911 [26] Immaculate Conception: 3120 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis Former parish Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Louis) 4092 Blow St., St. Louis, MO 63116-2796
In Syria, there is a Greek Orthodox church of St. Thecla in Darayya. In 1849, some people found a cave in Latakia which later became St. Taqla's Shrine. In the United States there are three Roman Catholic parishes named for Saint Thecla: in Clinton, Michigan; in Pembroke, Massachusetts; and in Chicago, Illinois.
She took the name Thekla after Thecla, a reported disciple and companion of the Apostle Paul in 1st century, and a saint of the early Christian Church. St. Thecla is given the title "Equal to the Apostles", as in church tradition she accompanied Paul in founding churches, with her witness converting many others to Christianity.
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 .
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.
A church at the site dates likely to the 4th or 5th centuries, when a church was erected upon the ruins of a former pagan temple, and dedicated to Saint Thecla, a virgin and martyr from Anatolia. The cathedral has been refurbished over the centuries. It was rebuilt in the 8th century till possessing five naves.
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 .
Thecla of Gaza, Christian martyr with Agapius (died 306) 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 ...