Saint Claudia may refer to: *A Christian of 1st-century Rome, mentioned by

Paul Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

alongside Eubulus, Pudens and Linus in his ''

Second Epistle to Timothy The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. Addressed to Timothy, a fellow missionary, it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before his death. ...

'' 4:21.A. E. Humphreys
''The Epistles to Timothy and Titus with Introduction and Notes''
in J. J. S. Perowne (ser. ed.), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1895), pp. 203 and 256 (Appendix H. Pudens and Claudia). Nothing is known of her origins or social or marital status, which has led to centuries of speculation, such as that she was:Jerome D. Quinn and William C. Wacker, ''The First and Second Letters to Timothy: A New Translation with Notes and Commentary'' (William B. Eerdmans, 2000), p. 837. :*The mother of Linus. According to the 4th-century ''

Apostolic Constitutions The ''Apostolic Constitutions'' or ''Constitutions of the Holy Apostles'' (Latin: ''Constitutiones Apostolorum'') is a Christian collection divided into eight books which is classified among the Church Orders, a genre of early Christian litera ...

'', he was the first bishop of Rome, ordained by Paul and his mother was named Claudia. :* Claudia Rufina, a 1st-century British woman living in Rome, wife of Aulus Pudens. Since the 19th century she and her husband have been identified by some as the Claudia and Pudens of ''Second Timothy''. She is usually identified as a daughter either of Cogidubnus or Caractacus. She is mentioned by

Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of '' Epigrams'', pu ...

, but there is no direct evidence she was even a Christian. *Two

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In ...

s from the Diocletianic persecutions: :*One of the virgin martyrs of Amisos, burnt at the stake around 300. Their names were Claudia, Alexandra, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, Theodosia and Derphuta with her sister. Their feast day is March 20. :*One of the companions of Theodotus of Ancyra, martyred probably in 303. The other victims were Theodotus' aunt Thecusa and six virgins named Alexandra, Claudia, Phaina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta. The virgins were raped and then drowned in a marsh. Their feast day is May 18.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints'', 8th ed. (Bloomsbury, 2016 921, pp. 713–14.

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