Saint Euphrasia of Ancyra

Memorial

• 18 May

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Nun martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• drowned with a stone tied around her neck c.304 in Ancyra, Galatia (in modern Turkey)
• her burial led to the martyrdom of Saint Theodatus of Ancyra

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Euphrasia of Ancyra“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>