Tryphaena (name in

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: η Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, flourished 1st century) was a Roman

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woman that lived in the

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. She was the daughter of Roman nobles Anastasius and Socratia. Her parents named her in honor of

Antonia Tryphaena Antonia Tryphaena also known as Tryphaena of Thrace or Tryphaena (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀντωνία Τρύφαινα or Τρυφαίνη, 10 BC – 55 AD) was a Kingdom of Pontus, Pontian Princess and a Ancient Rome, Roman Client Queen of Sapa ...

, who was a prominent citizen in

Cyzicus Cyzicus ( ; ; ) was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have or ...

and was a Pontian Princess, who was a former Roman client Queen of

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. From whom Tryphaena was named after, in Cyzicus she always connected to Antonia Tryphaena. Cyzicus is an ancient Greek city, which is located in modern

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. Tryphaena was born and raised in Cyzicus. The local Roman Governor Caesarius had convicted Tryphaena, because she refused to believe in the pagan Roman religion, instead Tryphaena chose to be a follower of

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. Caesarius considered this as a mockery to the Roman State religion and ordered her execution. Tryphaena was one of the many martyrs who gave her life to Christianity. Roman officers threw Tryphaena into a red-hot oven; then tied her from a high tree to throw her into sharp spears and then they took her away to be devoured by carnivores. When the Roman soldiers realised that the Lord preserved her unharmed, they finally threw her to a mad bull, which tore her apart. Tryphaena finally died. Tryphaena is one of the many saints who come from Cyzicus and she is the patroness saint of the city. She is a Saint in the

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and

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. Her feast day in the Orthodox Church is 31 January, while in the Roman Catholic Church her feast day is 31 January.

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* http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/january/31st.cfm {{DEFAULTSORT:Tryphaena Of Cyzicus Saints from Roman Anatolia

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