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Thecla, Saint (Personal Name)

Number of records used in: 2

Preferred form: Thecla, Saint

Used for/see from:

Ḟēkla, Saint
Tecla, Saint
Thècle, Saint
Thekla, Saint

Notes

Il romanzo di Paolo e Tecla, 1924: title page (Tecla)

Barrier, Jeremy W. The acts of Paul and Thecla : a critical introduction and commentary, 2009: title page (Thecla)

Encyclopedia of ancient Christianity, 2014: volume 3, pages 731-732 (under Thecla, Acts of: Thecla of Iconium (now Konya in Turkey), a young virgin follower of Paul; suffered persecution and was baptized; found protection from Queen Tryphaena; went to Seleucia in Isauria (present-day Silifke), where she died; a work entitled The life and miracles of St. Thecla was written by a presbyter of Seleucia; Thecla's cult, centered in Seleucia, spread throughout Egypt, Palestine, and Cyprus)