Anna of Gothia

Holy Martyr Anna of Gothia suffered about the year 375, in the time of the Gothic king Ungerich, who persecuted the Christians, together with the priests Vafusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, many laymen and women martyrs, among them the queen of Gothia and her daughter, Duclida. She is commemorated on 8 April.

The king ordered a church set on fire during a service. In the fire 308 people died, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one are known. The widowed queen Alla and her daughter, Duclida, gathered the martyrs' remains and took them to Syria. Alla then returned to her homeland and was stoned to death, together with her son, Agathon. Duclida kept the relics and gave a part of them, at Cyzicus, for the consecration of a church; she died in peace.