Agathoclia
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- time period
- Roman Empire
- date of death
- 0230-00-00
- feast day
- September 17
- date of birth
- 0201-01-01
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Saint Agathoclia (Agathocleia; ) (died c. 230 AD) is venerated as a patron saint of Mequinenza, Aragón, Spain. Her feast day is September 17.
==Biography== Tradition states that she was a virgin Christian slave owned by two people who had converted to paganism from Christianity, named Nicolas and Paulina. They subjected Agathoclia to regular physical abuse, including whipping and other violence, in an effort to get Agathoclia to renounce her faith. She repeatedly refused to do so.
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