Euphemia
Sign in to saveEuphemia (; 'well-spoken [of]'), known as Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.
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Euphemia Vale Blake was a person and author. She wrote five works, including *History of Newburyport*, *History of the Tammany Society*, *Journey to the Arctic*, and *The Universal Name*. Her writings are referenced by 1,541 other encyclopedia articles.
She was born on January 1, 289, and died on either September 16 or October 16, 304. In the context of music platforms, a name associated with Euphemia has 75 listeners and a playcount of 476.
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Euphemia
- Saint.death_date
- October 16?, 303 AD
- Saint.image
- Andrea Mantegna - St. Euphemia - 1454.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- Saint Euphemia, Andrea Mantegna, tempera on canvas, 1454
- Saint.titles
- Virgin, martyr
- Saint.attributes
- surrounded by one or a few lions, often holding a wheel or a cross
- Saint.major_shrine
- Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, Istanbul, Church of St. Euphemia, Rovinj, Croatia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eufemia
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Chalcedon
- Place of death
- Chalcedon
- Image
- Andrea Mantegna - St. Euphemia - 1454.jpg
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- subject has role
- martyr
- Commons category
- Saint Euphemia
- date of death
- 0304-10-16
- canonization status
- great martyr
- date of birth
- 0289-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- place of burial
- St. Euphemia's Basilica
- feast day
- July 11
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Historical background
- Hagiography
- Miracle during the Council of Chalcedon
- Relics
- Veneration
- See also
- References
- External links
Euphemia (; 'well-spoken [of]'), known as Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD.
According to tradition, Euphemia was martyred for refusing to offer sacrifices to Ares. She was arrested and after suffering various tortures, died in the arena at Chalcedon from a wound sustained from a bear. Her tomb became a site of pilgrimages. She is commemorated on September 16.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Euphemia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.