Name
Thekla from Gaza, martyr of Caesarea of Palestine
Saint ID
S00189
Reported Death Not Before
306
Reported Death Not After
306
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00376 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (6.1-7), narrates the martyrdom of two Christians from Gaza, *Agapios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00188), on 20/21 November, and *Thekla (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00189). Written in Greek at Caesarea, in 311; a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation. | E02708 | Fragmentary Greek inscription with a list of relics probably deposited by the empress Eudocia at the church of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) in Jerusalem, to the north of the north city gate. Found in Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Possibly 460. | 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. |
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