05 Works, Today, May 13th is Virgin-martyr Glyceria’s day, With Footnotes – #134

Glykeria, the holy martyr of Christ, was in her prime during the years of Emperor Antoninus (138–161), and when Savinos was governor of Trajanopolis in Thrace. Hailing from Trani, a seaport in the province of Bari on the Adriatic Sea, she was the daughter of a high-ranking Roman official. Upon her father’s death, she became poor and departed for Trajanopolis…

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