Saint Prisca
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Prisca was a young Roman woman tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a saint and martyr in Eastern Orthodoxy, by the Catholic C
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Saint Prisca and the lion, in a print by Adriaen Collaert, c. 1600
Priscilla and Aquila
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Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived, worked, and travel
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…and in the Anglican Communion. Though some legends suggest otherwise, scholars do not believe she is the Priscilla (Prisca) of the New Testament couple Priscilla and Aquila, who were friends of the Apostle Paul. She is honored, especially in England, as a child martyr. January 18 is her feast day…
Detail from Paul in the house of Saints Aquila and Priscilla by Jan van der Venne, 1616-1651.
Paul staying in the house of Saints Aquila and Priscilla by Jan van de Venne, 17th century: Paul is at left, writing a letter; Priscilla is at right, spinning, and her husband Aquila is in the background, working on the loom.
Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, Harold Copping
Miniature in the Menologion of Basil II