Irene of Thessalonica
early 4th-century saint
Feast: 5 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Agape, Saint Chionia and Saint Irene (Greek: Αγάπη, Χιονία και Ειρήνη) were sisters and Christian saints from Aquileia, martyred at Thessalonica in 304 AD. Agape and Chionia were charged with refusing to eat sacrificial offerings, whilst Irene was killed for keeping Christian books in violation of existing law. All were condemned to be burned alive.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Agape, Chionia, and Irene, which covers Irene of Thessalonica with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Connected on this site
- Agape of Thessaloniki Saint Brother or sister
- Martirologio Romano - 5 aprile — Current Roman Martyrology, 5 April: 'A Salonicco nella Macedonia, ora in Grecia, santa Irene, vergine e martire, che per aver disatteso l'editto di Diocleziano conservando nascosti i libri sacri fu portata in un pubblico
- Wikidata Q264096 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.