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Virgin Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus

Also known as Pelagia of Tarsus

A young Christian virgin of Tarsus in Cilicia who refused marriage to the emperor's son for the sake of Christ and was martyred under Diocletian.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints