Saint Claudia

Saint Claudia of Amisus (died c. 304, Amisus) was a Christian martyr venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She is remembered alongside her fellow martyrs, a group of seven women from Amisus (Claudia, Alexandra, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodosia) who opposed the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian, carried out by the local governor of Amisus. For this reason, they were scourged and subsequently burned alive. The Roman Martyrology records on May 18 the commemoration of the martyrs of Ancyra (Ankara), a group of seven women condemned to drowning, remembered by the names Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona, Julitta, Euphemia, and Thecusa. Although not all the names correspond, this leads to the supposition that they are the same group of martyrs from Amisus, somehow "duplicated" or erroneously associated with another similar event.