Name
Areadne, martyr of Prymnessos
Saint ID
S01596
Number in BH
BHG 0165
Reported Death Not Before
117
Reported Death Not After
138
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Slaves
ID | Title | E02474 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Areadne (martyr of Prymnessos, S01596) recounts the story of a young female slave who flees to the mountain in order to escape her persecutors, and is miraculously swallowed up by the earth; her feast is on 8 October. Written probably in Prymnessos (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor), in the 4th/6th c. |
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