May 18

Saint Claudia, virgin and martyr

May 18th IV century

Name
Claudia (Femenino)
Other saints
Other saints named Claudia
Dead
in Ancira, in current Turkey
Celebration
May 18th
At Ancira, Galatia, holy martyrs Theodotus and Tecusa, his aunt, and Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julita, Virgin, who, after having been prostituted by order of the Governor, was then thrown into a lake with stones tied around the neck (c. 303). Roman martyrology