Name
Thekla, follower of the Apostle Paul
Saint ID
S00092
Number in BH
BHG 1710-1722
Reported Death Not Before
50
Reported Death Not After
100
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Hermits/recluses, Other "Apostles", Virgins
| ID | Title | E00257 | Sulpicius Severus, in his Dialogues (2.13) on *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), recounts how Martin often conversed with a number of major saints in heaven: *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), and also how he knew demons by name. Written in Latin in Primuliacum (south-west Gaul), c. 404-406. | E00687 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E00739 | Cave (so-called 'Grotto of Paul') at Ephesos (on the slope of Bülbüldağ, western Asia Minor), with painting, perhaps of the 5th c., showing *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) and *Thekla (the follower of Paul, S00092), and with undated graffiti invoking Paul (and other saints). Shrine continually in use, probably from the 5th c. | E00741 | Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting festal payments expected from various churches and shrines, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynkos, S01172), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Thekla (probably the follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), *Viktor (, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), possibly *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), and *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305); datable to the 5th c. | E00914 | Greek inscription naming 'Saint *Thekla' (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found near Dorylaion (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique. | E01021 | Fragmentary Greek inscription with a poem invoking an unnamed female martyr and virgin, very possibly *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found near Tyana (Cappadocia, central Asia Minor). Probably 5th/6th c. | E01033 | Augustine of Hippo, in his treatise Against Faustus, argues that the superiority of virginity over marriage is proven by the fact that it was preached by *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) and chosen as her way of life by *Thekla (follower of Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in Hippo Regius (Numidia, central North Africa), c. 400. | E01035 | Greek inscription labelling a rock-cut chamber tomb belonging to a monastery dedicated probably to *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found at Seleukeia/Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Probably late 5th-6th c. | E01037 | Greek epitaph probably for a monk, a nun, and yet another person from a monastery dedicated to *Thekla, (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found near Seleukeia/Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Probably late antique. | E01045 | Greek inscription marking a sarcophagus as belonging to a monastery, probably dedicated to *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found at Diokaisareia (Isauria, southern Asia Minor), probably late 5th or 6th c. | E01054 | Fragment of a spout or gutter with a Greek inscription referring to *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul S00092), as the First (female) Martyr. Found at İmsi Ören/ancient Philadelphia (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Probably 5th-6th c. | E01085 | Silver casket, probably re-used as a reliquary, decorated with depictions of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), Christ flanked by the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008), and with Greek invocations, apparently of Konon, asked for health. Found at Çirga near Mut (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Very probably late 5th c. | E01222 | Coptic Miracles of Apa *Mena/Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), originally describing 17 miracles (of which 6 survive in full, and 2 in part), attributed to Apa Theophilos, archbishop of Alexandria (385–412). | E01237 | Gregory of Nazianzus, in his Oration 21 of 379/380, refers to Seleukeia/Seleucia of Isauria (southern Asia Minor) as the city of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Greek at Constantinople. | E01288 | The Syriac Ecclesiastical History of Barḥadbešabbā ‘Arbāyā recounts that Theodoros (bishop of Mopsuestia, ob. 428) was buried in the church of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), presumably in Seleukeia/Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Written in Nisibis (northern Mesopotamia) in the late 6th/early 7th c. | E01319 | Fragmentary Greek inscription mentioning *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found near Lapethos/Lapta (northern Cyprus). Probably 6th c., once implausibly dated to 1st c. | E01461 | Greek, Syriac, and Arabic graffiti from so-called Basilica A/the 'Great Basilica' in Rusafa/Sergioupolis (north-east Syria/Euphratesia), a major place of the cult of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), with invocations of Sergios, and of other saints and Old Testament figures. From the 6th c. onwards. | E01669 | Gregory of Nyssa in his Life of *Makrina (ascetic of Pontus, S00899) reports that Makrina has the mystical name 'Thekla', after *Thekla of Seleucia (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), due to a dream vision experienced by her mother during her birth. Written in Greek in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor) in the early 390s | E01904 | Gregory of Nazianzus in his Oration 4 (Against Julian I), of 362/363, refers to the deaths of martyrs, naming the Apostles *John (S00042), *Peter (S00036), *Paul (S00008), and *James (S00108), *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442), *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), and *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). He refers to the festivals held in their honour and the miracles effected by their bodily remains. Written in Greek at Nazianzus (central Asia Minor). | E01970 | Syriac inscription with an invocation of *Thekla (almost certainly the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Found at Qirsali (near Hierapolis-Bambyke/Manbij and al-Bab in north Syria). Probably late antique. | E02016 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.38), records the death in 356 of *Antony ('the Great', monk of Egypt, S00398), and the voyage of *Melania the Elder (aristocrat of Rome, monastic founder in Jerusalem, ob. 410, S01185) from Rome to Jerusalem, where she is given the honorific name 'Thecla', after *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02150 | Greek receipt from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt) for a donation to a church of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092); dated 9 March 587. | E02350 | Greek declaration, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), concerning the theft of a silver plate, mentioning a church of *Thekla (probably the follower of Paul, S00092); datable to the 6th century. | E02836 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325) recounts the story of two soldiers and friends, the Christian Nearchos and the nominally pagan Polyeuktos; the latter defiantly refuses to sacrifice and is martyred in Melitene (eastern Asia Minor). Probably written in Melitene in the 4th/5th c., with a later appendix. | E03286 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 26 July the martyrdom of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). | E03368 | Floor-mosaics with two Greek inscriptions commemorating the completion and paving of a chapel dedicated to *Thekla (the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092, or the martyr of Gaza, S00189), and invoking the help of the saint. Found at Kafr Kama (Lower Galilee, to the south-west of the Sea of Galilee, Roman province of Palaestina II). Probably 6th c. | E03384 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 24 September the deposition of the relics of *Konon (probably the gardener and martyr of Magydos of Pamphylia, S00177) and *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). | E03608 | Sermon (17) by Valerianus, bishop of Cimiez (southern Gaul), in praise of martyrdom and of the intercessory power of the saints, written in Latin at Cimiez in the mid 5th century. Includes references to an unnamed local martyr and his relics (including their spread to distant places), possibly *Pontius (martyr of Cimiez, S01486), and also to *Thekla/Thecla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). | E03812 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 26 July the martyrdom of *Thekla (follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Hermolaos (priest of the Church of Nicomedia and martyr under Maximian, S01780). | E03874 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 September the deposition of the relics of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00079), *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S01323), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Hesychios (priest and saint of Jerusalem, S00261), and Theophilos, 9th c. bishop of Ephesos. | E03875 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 September the deposition of the relics of *Konon, (probably the martyr of Iconium in Lycaonia, central Asia Minor, S00429) and *Papas (martyr of Lycaonia under Maximian, S01825), and the death of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) and priest *Hesychios (saint with church in Jerusalem mentioned c. 570, priest in 5th c Jerusalem? S00261), and *Eustathios with his family (martyrs of Rome, S01804). | E03891 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 10 October *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Zenaida (martyr and follower of Apostle Paul, S01656), and possibly *Gregory the Illuminator (the converter of Armenia, S00251). | E03893 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 12 October *Gregory the Illuminator (the converter of Armenia, S00251), the *Archangels (S00191), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and Karion and Apollo, monks from the Apophegmata Patrum. | E03968 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 December *Eugenia (martyr at Rome under Valerian, S00401) and her companions, *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and *Jacob (Old Testament patriarch, S00280). | E04178 | Coptic ostracon from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) with a letter mentioning *Thekla (presumably either the martyr from Assiut, S00777, or the follower of the Apostle Paul , S00092); datable to the early 7th century. | E04215 | Coptic document of unknown Egyptian provenance with an invocation to *Severos (bishop of Antioch, ob. 538, S00262), *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), and *Thekla (probably the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) to help a patient to obtain healing; datable to the 7th/8th century. | E04316 | Greek list of districts/quarters from Arsinoe (Fayum) mentioning a quarter of *Thekla (probably the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), of *Leontios (probably the martyr of Tripolis , S00216), and of unnamed martyrs; datable to the 6th/7th century. | E04339 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor-to-be Justinian (r. 527-565), during the reign of his uncle Justin I (r. 518-527) built, or rebuilt several shrines and churches devoted to martyrs and saints in the city and suburbs of Constantinople. He lists a shrine of *Platon (martyr of Ancyra, S00650), the church of *Mokios (martyr of Byzantion, S01265), the resting-place of *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), a temenos of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), a sanctuary of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), and one of *Theodote (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E04494 | Evagrius Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.8),reports that the emperor Zeno (r. 474-475, and 476-491) had a vision of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) in 475/6, and built a magnificent shrine for her at Seleucia (southern Asia Minor) after regaining the imperial throne from the usurper Basiliscus. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 593/594. | E04850 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 13 June. | E04965 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 September. | E05059 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 20 December. | E05060 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 December. | E05206 | Ambrose of Milan, in a letter to Simplicianus (Letter 7), suggests that martyrdom leads to true freedom, using the examples of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), *Pelagia (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01093), *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) and the *Maccabean martyrs (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303). Written in Latin in Milan (northern Italy), c. 387. | E05210 | Ambrose of Milan adapts a sermon (Concerning Virgins), given on virginity on the feast day of *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097). He praises and gives accounts of the martyrdoms of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Soteris (virgin and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S00548), *Pelagia (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01903) and another unnamed martyr of Antioch. Written in Latin in Milan (northern Italy), 377. | E05220 | John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (20), recounts how a soldier who was about to die in battle with the Mauretanians in Africa, invoked God, citing the delivery of *Thekla (the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), and was miraculously spared from death. Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s. | E05227 | The pilgrim Egeria, in her Itinerary, writes of the sanctuary of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), in Seleucia ad Calycadnum (Isauria, southern Asia Minor), where she prayed and read a passage from the Acts of Thecla. Written in Latin during Egeria's journey to the East, probably in 381-384. | E05336 | John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (180), recounts a story about Abba John the Anchorite who lived in a cave 20 miles from Jerusalem. John had an icon of *Mary (Mother of Christ; S00033) in his cave. He used to travel to visit martyr shrines, even very distant ones, including those of *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042) at Ephesus (western Asia Minor), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480) at Euchaita (northern Asia Minor), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) at Seleucia (southern Asia Minor), and *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) at Rusafa/Sergiopolis (north-east Syria). Whenever Abba John was about to set off on a journey, he lit a lamp and prayed to Mary asking her to keep it from going out. When he returned from a journey, he always found the lamp alight. Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s. | E05371 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (4) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) overpowered Zeus, drove him from Seleucia ad Calycadnum, and made his temple into a shrine of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008); the text mentions the veneration of Paul at Tarsus and Thekla at Seleucia by the citizens of both cities, explains how the saints can help us on earth, and enumerates the many types of miracle that Thekla can bring about. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05396 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (5) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) rescued the city of Seleucia (southern Asia Minor) from an attack of bandits by appearing atop the walls and rousing the inhabitants to the ramparts. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05397 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (6) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) saved the city of Iconium (central Asia Minor) from an enemy attack, by causing many to be killed or captured in battle. Next the author will talk of miracles to individuals, starting with those to people of high rank. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05398 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (7) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) saved Dexianos, bishop of Seleucia, from a demon who attacked him. She commanded him to use the perfumed oil from her sanctuary which delivered Dexianos from the demon in three days. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05423 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (8) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed Dexianos, bishop of Seleucia, after he had been thrown by a horse. Thekla is praised for not recommending expensive and rare prescriptions, but cheap and readily available ones. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05424 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (9) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) twice miraculously saved Menodoros, the bishop of Aigai in Cilicia: from the intrigue of an imperial eunuch, Eutropios; and from a fire in Constantinople, where afterwards a church was built and dedicated [probably to Thekla]. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05479 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (10) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) did not allow an Arian bishop Symposios to remove an inscription proclaiming the consubstantiality of the Holy Trinity from the wall of her shrine at Seleucia, which caused his conversion from the heresy. We are also told that Thekla's power reaches every place on earth, helping those who invoke her, wherever they are. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05495 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (11) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed a certain Aurelios from the scrofula. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05497 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (12) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed the author from a disease called anthrax, and how, later on, she removed from him the excommunication imposed on him by Basil, bishop of Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05499 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (13) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) protected and supported the general Satornilos/Saturninus, helping him to win a battle in the diocese of Oriens and warning him about an ambush against him. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05503 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (14) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) made a certain Hypsistios convert to the Christian faith at the entreaty of his wife's prayers, by first striking him with illness and then curing him. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05516 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (15) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) saved a boat with two boys on board by grabbing the rudder and and quieting the storm on the sea; this happened during her festival at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05555 | Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry. | E05571 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (16) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) protected and guarded a certain soldier Ambrosios against brigands during his travel on a road between Cilicia and Cappadocia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05573 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (17) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed, at her shrine at Seleucia, the broken leg of an a marble-worker Leontios, which made Maximinos, a pagan noble of Antioch, become a Christian. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05574 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (18) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed the broken legs of two women, one Christian and one pagan (though hesitating between Judaism and Christianity); the cure caused the latter's conversion to Christianity. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05587 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (19) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) delivered a certain pregnant woman Bassiane from sufferings caused by a great heat at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05588 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (20) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) pulled a certain general Bitianos back from consorting with prostitutes and transferred his desire to his own wife. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05589 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (22) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) exposed a thief and found a cross he had stolen, which had been dedicated to her at her shrine at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05598 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (21) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) revealed a thief and his cache to the owners of the precious objects that were stolen by him. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05614 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (24) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), at her shrine at Seleucia, restored the sight of a little boy with the help of one of the birds living by her church. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05615 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (25) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) delivered the entire city of Seleucia from an epidemic of eye disease, with healing water at her shrine. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05626 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 September 'in the East' of *Thecla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05643 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (26) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) travels from Seleucia to attend her festival at Dalisandos (also in Isauria). In a similar way, *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) is said to travel from Rome to the festival in Tarsos, his hometown. Thekla has also rescued Dalisandos when besieged, having appeared on the nearby peak, dazzling the eyes of the enemies. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05645 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (27) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) delivered the city of Selinous (Asia Minor) from attacks of the enemies by bidding the inhabitants erect a church dedicated to her at the top of the path leading to the city. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05646 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (28) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) punished with death pillagers who had robbed treasures from her church at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05648 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (29) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) punished with death Marianos, bishop of Tarsus in Cilicia, the hometown of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), for preventing the Tarsians from coming to her festival at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05649 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (30) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) prevented the burial of a certain Hyperechios in her church at Seleucia in Asia Minor. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05693 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (31) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) appeared to the author in a vision and encouraged him to continue work on writing down her miracles. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05694 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (32) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) punished Dexianos, bishop of Seleucia and guardian of her shrine outside the city, for transferring treasures adorning it into the city for fear of an attack by robbers. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05709 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (33) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), during her festival at Seleucia (which is described in detail), punished with death a certain Orention who dared to pray to her to give him a woman he had fallen in love with (who was actually a demon). Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05711 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (34) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) punished with death two men who defiled her shrine at Seleucia by drunkenness and attempted to corrupt one of her virgins. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05717 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (35) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) punished with death a council member for an attempt to appropriate his deceased colleague's profits. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05718 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (36) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) provided a miraculous spring at Seleucia to heal livestock affected with a mortal sickness. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05725 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (37) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed a certain Cypriot from blindness through a miraculous spring at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05726 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (38) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed at her shrine at Seleucia a grammarian Alypios from a grave illness through a miraculous pebble. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05733 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (16.16), within his account of naval confrontations between the emperor Anastasius and the rebellious general Vitalian in 515, mentions the shrines of *Thekla (martyr and companion of Paul, S00092) at Sykai, *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea, S00436), and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) at Sosthenion; all on the European shores of the Bosphorus, close to Constantinople. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E05763 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (39) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed a pagan sophist Isokasios from an illness in her church in Aigai in Cilicia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05766 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (40) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed a pagan sophist Aretarchos from a severe disease of the kidneys with oil from a lamp at her shrine at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05767 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (41) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed the author from a severe disease of the ear at Seleucia and supported his rhetoric powers. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05769 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (42) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), at her shrine at Seleucia, reinstated beauty to a woman, making her attractive again to her husband. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05795 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (44) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) proclaimed and inspired many men and women who lived holy lives; among them the Egyptian *Paulos (possibly Paulos the Anchorite, S01654), two bishops of Seleucia, and a number of named male and female ascetics. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05821 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (45) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) miraculously granted the ability to read to a pious but illiterate woman. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05837 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (46) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), at her shrine at Seleucia, strengthened a certain woman's ascetic rigour by spending a night in the same bed with her. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05838 | The Miracles of Saint Thekla (1-3) recounts the triumph of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) over the pagan cults local to Seleucia, of Apollo, Athena and Aphrodite. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E05879 | An anonymous author compiles the Miracles of Saint Thekla, a collection of miracle stories ascribed to *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), whose cult was centred in her church at Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Isauria (southern Asia Minor). Written in Greek at Seleucia in the 470s. Overview entry | E06237 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), gives a list of prominent female virgin saints. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s. | E06245 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), when describing the court of heaven lists numerous saints with the cities of their resting-place. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s. | E06516 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, addresses in his opening salutation ten nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), four of whom are seemingly named after saints: *Justina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Scholastica (nun of central Italy, ob. c. 543, S01728), *Eulalia (probably the virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407; or perhaps the one of Barcelona, S02047), and *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in southern Britain, c. 675/686. | E06626 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) and *Eulalia (probably the virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407; or perhaps Eulalia of Barcelona, S02047) as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry | E06989 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07443 | The Greek Miracles of *Menas (3), ascribed to Timothy of Alexandria, recounts how Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073) rescued a woman, travelling alone to his shrine at Abu Mina, from being raped by a soldier. The woman also visited a shrine of *Thekla (follower of Paul the Apostle, S00092) in the same area. Written in Greek in Alexandria, probably in the 5th/6th c. | E07844 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poetic epitaph (4.26) for a young woman named Vilithuta (Poem 4.26), depicts patriarchs, apostles, and celebrated virginal saints taking part in the judgement of sinners after death, mentioning *Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00217), *Enoch (Old Testament Patriarch, S00762), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Mary (the Mother of Christ, S00033), *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), and *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794). Written in Latin in Gaul, 565/576. | E07853 | The Greek Miracles of Saint Thekla (Preface) extoll the prophetic and healing power of the saints, particularly that of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), who is omnipresent and ready both to help and to punish. Written at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s. | E07894 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Ostiensis (now called saint Paul's gate) on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E08128 | The Greek Life of *Olympias (deaconess and abbess of Constantinople, ob. c. 408, S01414), written by a relative and companion of the hero, recounts the life of an aristocratic woman who founded a large nunnery and charitable house next to the cathedral of Constantinople. It describes the miraculous return of her dead body from Nicomedia to Constantinople and its burial in the monastery church of *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199) at Brochthoi on the Golden Horn. Written at Constantinople in the early 5th c.. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08349 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). It is an adaptation in epic verse of the Life of Martin and of books 2 and 3 of the Dialogues of Sulpicius Severus; in a final envoi, the book travels from Poitiers to Fortunatus' home city of Ravenna, stopping at the shrines of many saints along the way. Written in Latin, in Poitiers (western Gaul), between 573 and 576. Overview entry. |
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