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Lydia of Thyatira is most known as a "seller" or merchant of purple cloth, which is the likely reason for the Catholic Church naming her "patroness of dyers." It is unclear as to if Lydia simply dealt in the trade of purple dye or whether her business included textiles as well, [ 7 ] though all known icons of the saint depict her with some form ...
Lydia remained a satrapy after Persia's conquest by the Macedonian king Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon. When Alexander's empire ended after his death, Lydia was possessed by the major Asian diadoch dynasty, the Seleucids, and when it was unable to maintain its territory in Asia Minor, Lydia was acquired by the Attalid dynasty of Pergamum.
[2] [3] In classical times, Thyatira stood on the border between Lydia and Mysia. During the Roman era, (1st century AD), it was famous for its dyeing facilities and was a center of the purple cloth trade. [citation needed] Among the ancient ruins of the city, inscriptions have been found relating to the guild of dyers in the city. Indeed, more ...
Xanthus of Lydia (Greek: Ξάνθος ὁ Λυδός, Xanthos ho Lydos) was a Greek historian, logographer and citizen of Lydia who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as Lydiaca (Λυδιακά), a work which was highly commended by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. [1] Xanthus also wrote occasionally about ...
Lydia is a Biblical given name: Lydia of Thyatira, businesswoman in the city of Thyatira in the New Testament's Acts of the Apostles.She was the apostle Paul's first convert in Philippi and thus the first convert to Christianity in Europe.
Saint Lydia may refer to: Lydia of Thyatira , first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe See Philetus (martyr) , for Lydia, 2nd-century Illyrian Christian martyr
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Lydia c. 50 AD, with the main settlements and Greek colonies. Not to be confused with Lycians , another Anatolian people. The Lydians ( Greek : Λυδοί; known as Sparda to the Achaemenids , Old Persian cuneiform 𐎿𐎱𐎼𐎭 ) were an Anatolian people living in Lydia , a region in western Anatolia , who spoke the distinctive Lydian ...