| 词条 | Pelagia the Virgin |
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| image = | imagesize = | birth_date = late 3rd century | residence =Antioch | death_date = | death_place =Antioch | venerated_in =Roman Catholic Church Greek Orthodox Church | major_shrine =Antioch | feast_day =October 8 (Greek Orthodox) June 9 (Roman Catholic) October 5 (Naples) | attributes = | patronage = }} Pelagia ({{lang-grc-gre|Πελαγία}}), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch and Pelagia the Virgin, was a Christian saint, virgin, and martyr who committed suicide during the Diocletian Persecution rather than be forced by Roman soldiers to offer a public sacrifice to the pagan gods.{{sfnp|Kirsch|1911}} She was 15 years old. Originally, her feast day was celebrated on October 8,[1] in common with SS Pelagia the Harlot and Pelagia of Tarsus.[2] In the Roman Catholic Church, it came to be celebrated on June 9{{sfnp|Kirsch|1911}} and, at Naples in Italy, she is celebrated on October 5.{{sfnp|Butler|1866|loc="8 October: St. Pelagia, Penitent"}} {{anchor|Biography|History|Legend}}LifePelagia is mentioned by Ambrose[3] and was the subject of two sermons by John Chrysostom.[4] She was home alone during the Diocletian Persecution when Roman soldiers arrived. She came out to meet them and, discovering they intended to compel her to participate in a pagan sacrifice, she received permission to change her clothes. She went to the roof of her house and threw herself into the sea.{{sfnp|Kirsch|1911}} The patristic sources treat this as a sacred martyrdom rather than an ignoble suicide. LegacyPelagia's story was the probable basis for the later dubious accounts of Pelagia of Tarsus.{{sfnp|Kirsch|1911}} See also
ReferencesCitations1. ^Wright's Syriac Martyrology. 2. ^Greek Synaxarion. 3. ^Ambrose, De Virg., III, 7, 33. 4. ^Chrysostom, Hom. in Matth. lxvii. {{la icon}} Bibliography
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