Duklida of Gothia

Holy Martyr Duklida of Gothia was the daughter of the Gothic king and is numbered among the Gothic martyrs killed around the year 375, in the time of King Ungerich, the persecutor of Christians. The king ordered the church to be set on fire during the service, and in the flames three hundred and eight people perished, of whom the names of twenty-⁠one martyrs are known.

Among them were the presbyters Vathusius and Verk, the monk Arpila, the laymen Abibus, Agnus, Reas, Igathrax, Iscoes, Silas, Sigetzas, Sonerilas, Suimbalus, Thermus, Philus and Constans, and the prince Agathon, and among the women Anna, Alla, Larissa, Moico, Mamika, Uirko, Animais, Gaatha, the queen of the Goths, and Duklida, the king's daughter. The widow of the Gothic king, Alla, with her daughter Duklida, gathered the remains of the holy martyrs and took them to Syria. Then she returned to her homeland, where, after a time, she was stoned and died as a martyr with her son Agathon.

The relics of the holy martyrs remained with Duklida, who, in the time of the emperors Valentinian II and Theodosius the Great, came to Cyzicus and gave a part of the relics for the consecration of a church. The death of the righteous Duklida was peaceful.

The Synaxarion commemorates the Gothic martyrs on 8 April (new style).