Lydia of Thyatira
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Lydia of Thyatira is a woman mentioned in the New Testament who is regarded as the first documented convert to Christianity in Europe. Several Christian denominations have designated her a saint.
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A modern Greek Orthodox outdoor chapel on what is said to be the site where Lydia was baptized
Lydia of Thyatira by Harold Copping
Baptism of Lydia by Marie Ellenrieder, 1861
Tyrian purple
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Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple, imperial purple, imperial dye, or simply tyrian, is a reddish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Mur
Lydia of Thyatira
…Acts 16 describes Lydia as follows: A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. When she and…
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them accurately.
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar. Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta. In the foreground, two Roman magistrates are identified by their toga praetexta, white with a stripe of Tyrian purple.
Two shells of Bolinus brandaris, the spiny dye-murex, a source of the dye
Murex shells at the site of purple dye production in ancient Aperlae, Lycia