Agape, Chione and Irene
Agape , Chione and Irene († April 1 304 in Thessaloniki ) were three consecrated virgins , during the Diocletian persecution of Christians , the martyrdom suffered.
According to different reports, the three sisters came from Aquileia or Thessaloniki. They were Christian virgins, daughters from a pagan family. In their youth they got to know the Christian faith and were converted to Christianity.
In 303 they fled to the mountains because of the persecution of Christians under Diocletian , but were found there and arrested. They should eat meat offered to idols and offer them to the Roman gods. As a result, because they refused, they were sentenced to death by burning. Martyrdom is based on the real logs of their trial preserved in the Greek language. The Latin translation comes from Cardinal Sirleto († 1585).
Roswitha von Gandersheim dealt with the fate of the martyrs in the drama The Suffering of the Holy Virgin Agape, Chionia, Irene or Dulcitius (after the Roman officer who tortured them).
Remembrance day in the liturgy:
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Agape, Chione and Irene. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 52.