LC control no. | n 50011875 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Thecla, Saint |
Variant(s) | Ḟēkla, Saint Tecla, Saint Thècle, Saint Thekla, Saint |
Beginning date | 00 |
Associated country | Turkey |
Place of birth | Konya (Turkey) |
Place of death | Silifke (Turkey) |
Found in | 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) |