Claudia

Holy Martyr Claudia of Rome.

St. Claudia was a martyr of the early Church who suffered for Christ during the Roman persecutions. The synaxaria preserve little of her life beyond her faithful confession, numbering her among the holy women who chose death rather than deny the Lord.

In honoring her, the Church honors the great company of women martyrs whose names are known while their full stories are written in heaven. She is commemorated on April 4.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Claudia is commemorated on April 4. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on April 17 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Claudia, Klavdia

Also commemorated on April 4

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  Titos

  Apostle, Τίτος

  Holy Apostle Titus, disciple of Paul.

  Name days: Titos, Tito, Tite, Titus

• Zosimas of Palestine

  Venerable, Ζωσιμάς

  Venerable Zosimas of Palestine, the elder who met Saint Mary of Egypt in the desert beyond the Jordan.

  Name days: Zosimas, Zosimos, Zosima

• Pherbutha of Persia

  Holy Woman, Φερβούθη

  Holy Martyr Pherbutha of Persia, with her sister and her servant.

• Publius of Egypt

  Venerable, Πόπλιος

  Venerable Publius, ascetic of the Egyptian desert in the days of Julian the Apostate.

• Plato of Studion

  Venerable, Πλάτων ο Στουδίτης

  Venerable Plato, abbot of Sakkoudion and uncle of Saint Theodore the Studite, confessor for the icons.

• Theonas of Thessalonica

  Hierarch, Θεωνάς Θεσσαλονίκης

  Saint Theonas, Archbishop of Thessalonica and founder of the Monastery of Saint Anastasia.

• George of Maleon

  Venerable, Γεώργιος ο εν Μαλεώ

  Venerable George, ascetic of Mount Maleon in the Peloponnese.