Saint Glaphyra

Memorial

• 13 January

Profile

A slave, belonging to Constantia, the wife of the emperor Licinius. To safeguard her vow of chastity, she ran to Saint Basil of Amasea. She was arrested and sentenced to death for being a runaway slave. She is considered a martyr because her running away was a direct result of her faith and personal vows.

Died

• c.324

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Glaphyra”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 August 2010. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-glaphyra/>