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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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fourth abbess of the convent of SanteCroix, at Poictiers, in the 6th century. Didymus, a martyr at Alexandria, A.D. 304, and commemorated April 28, is said to have been a Christian teacher there, and to have been beheaded for aiding the escape of Theodora, a Christian girl, from a fate worse than death, on account of her faith.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Didymia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/didymia.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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