Thecla

Saint

Thecla of Iconium
Saint; Thecla of Iconium
	Depiction of Saint Thecla from the 11th century Menologion of Basil II.
Virgin, martyr
Born	30 AD; Iconium (now Konya, Turkey)
Died	1st century AD
Venerated in	Catholic Church; Oriental Orthodox Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; Episcopal Church
Feast	September 23 (Catholic Church, Episcopal Church (United States)); September 24 (Eastern Orthodox Church); Thout 23 (Coptic Christianity); Tuesday after fourth Sunday of the Exaltation of the Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church);

Thecla (Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla; Greek: Θέκλα; Turkish: Tekla) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.

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