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Saint Theodora of Alexandria

detail of a print of Saint Theodora and Saint Didymus exchanging clothes in the brothel; 1712 by Jan Luken; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Memorial

28 April

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Christian woman who, during the persecutions of Diocletian, refused to sacrifice to idols and claimed that she remained celibate as she was wed to God. She was ordered by anti–Christian governor Eustratius to be turned over to a house of prostitution. There Saint Didymus changed clothes with her so she could escape. She was later re-captured and executed. Martyr.

beheaded in 304 in Alexandria, Egypt

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

A Garner of Saints, by Allen Banks Hinds, M.A.
Acts of the Early Martyrs, by Father James A M Fastré, S.J.
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Roman Martyrology
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
Victories of the Martyrs, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Online

video
- YouTube PlayList

MLA Citation

“Saint Theodora of Alexandria“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 December 2022. Web. 14 May 2024. <>