Righteous Aglaia of Rome, who received the relics of the Martyr Boniface.
Righteous Aglaia was a wealthy Roman noblewoman of the early fourth century. Having sent her servant Boniface to the East to bring back relics of the martyrs, she received instead his own body, for he had confessed Christ and been martyred at Tarsus.
She built a church for his relics, gave away her wealth, and spent the rest of her life in repentance and prayer, reposing in peace.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Aglaia of Rome is commemorated on December 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 1 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on December 19
Elias, Probus and Ares
Martyr, Ηλίας, Πρόβος και Άρης
Holy Martyrs Elias, Probus and Ares, Egyptians who suffered at Ascalon.
Eutychius, Thessalonica and companions
Martyr, Ευτύχιος, Θεσσαλονίκη και οι συν αυτοίς
Holy Martyrs Eutychius and Thessalonica, with two hundred men and seventy women.
Gregentios of Ethiopia
Hierarch, Γρηγέντιος Αιθιοπίας
Gregentios, Bishop of the Himyarites in Arabia and Ethiopia.
Elias of Murom
Venerable, Ηλιού Μουρόμας
Venerable Elias of Murom, wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves.
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