Ariadne (saint)
Ariadne († around 130/140 in Phrygia ) was a slave and Christian martyr .
Ariadne, also known as Ariane or Arianna or Maria ancilla, is said to have lived in the Phrygian Prymnessos as the slave of a Tertillus. When she refused to go to a pagan temple for the birth festival of her owner's son, she was tortured and thrown in prison, where she was left without food. Before she was to be executed on the orders of the city prefect, she managed to escape. When her persecutors were closely following her in the mountains, she prayed for heavenly assistance, whereupon the rock opened to her and hid from the persecutors. The legendary ornamentation comes from the pen of later hagiographers; but the Passio is probably based on authentic interrogation records. The exact time of her martyrdom is uncertain, however; it is placed either in the time of the emperor Hadrian or of Antoninus Pius .
Ariadne is venerated as a saint . Her feast day is September 17th .
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Ariadne. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 41-42.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ariadne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ariane; Arianna; Maria ancilla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saints of the Christian Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |
| Place of death | Phrygia |