Virgin. Protomartyr. Converted by Paul the Apostle at Iconium in Lycaonia. Martyred at Seleucia in Isauria. 1st cen.
SEE ALSO: February 13.
Synax.CP, Sept. 24, par. 2 (cols. 75-6).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 24.
BHG 1710-1722; BiblSS XII 176-9; Holweck 954; LCI VIII 432-6; ODB 2033-4; ODCC 1357; ODS 399.
London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 174v. Among wild beasts. Orant. Flanked by two lions. Colonnade; two pavilions. (LCI VIII, fig. col. 434; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 122, fig. 3E7; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 19, fig. 16).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 230, fol. 3v. Woman saint, holding cross and book (Hutter, I, p. 50, fig. 172; Hutter, III, p. 331; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 18, fig. 1A3).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 10v. Martyrdom, taken into mountain. (Hutter, II, p. 5, fig. 16).
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 253v. Woman saint, holding book.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 64. Woman saint. Orant. Standing between two mountains. (Menologio, I, p. 19, II, fig. p. 64).
Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 185v. Martyrdom, taken into mountain. Thecla vanishes into a crevice in the rock. She is pursued by three men, one grasping her mantle in both hands. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 178, fig. 5E2).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, taken into mountain. Thecla vanishes into a crevice in the rock. She is pursued by two men carrying clubs. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 25, fig. T I 6; Mijović, Menolog, p. 320, fig. 47, pl. 168).
Gračanica. Southeast pier, west face. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Thecla is attacked by two lions. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 289, fig. 17; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 1; Petković, Peinture serbe, II, pl. LXXVII; Todić, Gračanica, p. 99; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southeast 16).
Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, wild beasts. Thecla is attacked by a lion. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 261, fig. 10; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.1; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 85).