Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.
Depiction of Saint Thecla from the 11th century Menologion of Basil II.
Aya Thekla in Seleucia
The Convent of St. Thecla in Maaloula
The Acts of Paul and Thecla is an apocryphal text describing Paul the Apostle's influence on a young virgin named Thecla. It is one of the writings of the New Testament apocrypha. Edgar J. Goodspeed called it a "religious romance"
6th-century fresco near Ephesus depicting Paul and Theoclia (mother of Thecla)