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E05645: The Miracles of Saint Thekla recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) delivered the city of Selinous (Asia Minor) from attacks of the enemies by bidding the inhabitants erect a church dedicated to her at the top of the path leading to the city. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s.
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posted on 2018-06-04, 00:00 authored by juliaMiracles of Saint Thekla, 27
Summary:
Selinous was a small coastal city [in Isauria] which was once prosperous and important but then attracted enemies. Even though its location over the sea, with an overhanging cliff, protected it, one day it was delivered to its enemies through the action of a savage demon. For once a goat-herd went to pasture his flock along the summit of the crest around the city. One of the goats separated itself from the rest and found a hidden narrow path by which it descended and arrived at the plain, while the goat-herd and the other goats descended step by step down the slope. From this descent the previously unknown path was revealed to everyone at once, even to neighbouring enemies. Thus the city was captured in this way, and thereafter the inhabitants lived in fear that it would be taken again and again. But the martyr Thekla removed this great fear by visiting one of the local men and instructing him to erect a church dedicated to her at the very top, at the beginning of the path leading downward. The inhabitants did it and built the church as a fortification against enemies. The latter made many unsuccessful attempts, but never managed to capture the city again.
Text: Dagron 1978. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
Selinous was a small coastal city [in Isauria] which was once prosperous and important but then attracted enemies. Even though its location over the sea, with an overhanging cliff, protected it, one day it was delivered to its enemies through the action of a savage demon. For once a goat-herd went to pasture his flock along the summit of the crest around the city. One of the goats separated itself from the rest and found a hidden narrow path by which it descended and arrived at the plain, while the goat-herd and the other goats descended step by step down the slope. From this descent the previously unknown path was revealed to everyone at once, even to neighbouring enemies. Thus the city was captured in this way, and thereafter the inhabitants lived in fear that it would be taken again and again. But the martyr Thekla removed this great fear by visiting one of the local men and instructing him to erect a church dedicated to her at the very top, at the beginning of the path leading downward. The inhabitants did it and built the church as a fortification against enemies. The latter made many unsuccessful attempts, but never managed to capture the city again.
Text: Dagron 1978. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E05645Saint Name
Thekla, follower of the Apostle Paul : S00092Saint Name in Source
ΘέκλαRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek