Martyr
Thessalonica
An apostolic disciple linked with Thessalonica, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- December 19old style January 1
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Thessaloniki
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Thessalonica is commemorated on 19 December (new style, the Greek calendar) together with Saint Eutychius, two hundred men and seventy women. The synaxarion says that all received martyrdom by the sword. A verse says that Thessalonica, together with Eutychius, found victory through the sword.
Place and time are not preserved. The title of apostle in the record is not supported by the synaxarion, which shows her as a martyr.
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