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Claudia of Ankara
virgin and martyr at Ankara
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Feast: 18 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Ankara in Galatia, in present-day Turkey, the holy martyrs Theodotus and Tecusa, his aunt, Alexandra, Claudia, Phaine, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta, virgins; these last were first forced into prostitution by the governor and then sunk in a marsh with stones tied round their necks.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 18 May as a virgin martyred at Ankara in Galatia, drowned in a marsh with stones tied round her neck.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rdba2a55d — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.