Antonina of Nicaea

Holy Martyr Antonina of Nicaea suffered at Nicaea in Bithynia (today İznik) in the time of the persecution of Emperor Maximian (284-305), at the beginning of the fourth century. After harsh torments she was thrown into prison, but Maximian could not make her renounce Christ and sacrifice to idols.

The angels of God appeared to her and frightened her tormentors. Even when she was laid on a red-⁠hot iron bed, the saint remained unharmed by the power of God. At last, after long torments, she was tied in a sack and drowned in a lake. She was soon glorified among the saints.