Martyr
Theodora of Rome
Sister of Saint Hermes, whom she aided in prison; she was martyred after him, around the year 120.
- Reposed
- 1202nd century
- Place
- Thessaloniki
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Theodora, martyr, lived at Rome and died a martyr, according to tradition in the year 120. She was the sister of Saint Hermes. She is commemorated on 1 April.
The little that is known of her life comes from the Acts of Pope Saint Alexander. She aided and cared for her brother in the hard time of his imprisonment. Not long afterwards she too was put to torment, some time after her brother. The two were buried side by side on the Via Salaria, outside Rome.
A Greek source describes another Theodora, an ascetic of Thessaloniki, commemorated on 5 April. She seems to be a different saint with the same name, and so has not been mixed with the one of Rome here.