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The name, "Lydia", meaning "the Lydian woman", by which she was known indicates that she was from Lydia in Asia Minor. Though she is commonly known as "St. Lydia" or even more simply "The Woman of Purple," Lydia is given other titles: "of Thyatira," "Purpuraria," and "of Philippi ('Philippisia' in Greek)."
Lythria purpuraria, the purple-barred yellow, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from western Europe to Siberia , Russia , Ukraine , Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan . L. purpuraria generally have two red-purple transverse lines in their green-yellow forewings.
Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758) [1] Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842) Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882 [1] [2] Phylogenics.
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
[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 ...
The temple of Artemis in Sardis, capital of Lydia. The early Lydian religion exhibited strong connections to Anatolian as well as Greek traditions. [2]Although Lydia had been conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in c. 547 BC, native Lydian traditions were not destroyed by Persian rule, and most Lydian inscriptions were written during this period.
Lydia (Ancient Greek: Λυδία, romanized: Ludía; Latin: Lȳdia) was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire.
Saint Philetus (d. 121) is, along with Saints Lydia, Macedo(n), ... The Martyrology also states that Philetus was a senator, that Lydia was his wife; ...