04 Works, Today, June 12th, is Saint Olympias’s day, his story in Paintings #163

St. Olympias the Deaconess icon (1)
Unknown artist
St. Olympias the Deaconess icon

Olympias, (sometime between 361 and 368-July 25, 408), also known as Saint Olympias and sometimes known as Olympias the Younger, was a Christian Roman noblewoman of Greek descent.

Olympias was born and raised either in Constantinople or Antioch. She was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman, Alexandra and the wealthy Greek Rhetor, Seleucus…

Please follow link for full post