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Lydia of Thyatira

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Lydia of Thyatira (Greek: Λυδία) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia of Thyatira is the 673rd most popular religious figure (up from 698th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 308th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Lydia of Thyatira is most famous for being the first European to be converted to Christianity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Lydia of Thyatira ranks 673 out of 3,187Before her are Scholastica, Edward the Confessor, Onuphrius, Truganini, Mahākāśyapa, and Flavian of Constantinople. After her are Jael, Richard Williamson, Peter Waldo, Angelus Silesius, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Pontius Pilate's wife.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Lydia of Thyatira ranks 16Before her are James the Less, Decebalus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Thecla, Apollos, and Philemon. After her are Ananias of Damascus, Cornelius the Centurion, Agabus, Thaddeus of Edessa, Philip the Evangelist, and Antipas of Pergamum. Among people deceased in 100, Lydia of Thyatira ranks 28Before her are Apollonius of Tyana, Dionysius the Areopagite, Nicodemus, Thecla, Apollos, and Zebedee. After her are Pontius Pilate's wife, Silas, Valerius Maximus, Ananias of Damascus, Pomponius Mela, and Phoebe.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Lydia of Thyatira ranks 279 out of 1,347Before her are Anchises (null), Dardanus (null), Priscus (410), Aratus (-315), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), and Flavian of Constantinople (380). After her are Tansu Çiller (1946), Ctesias (-440), Seleucus II Callinicus (-265), Alexander of Aphrodisias (200), Vitiges (475), and Celâl Bayar (1883).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Lydia of Thyatira ranks 46Before her are Laban (-1900), Pancras of Rome (289), Thecla (100), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Philemon (100), and Flavian of Constantinople (380). After her are Germanus I of Constantinople (634), Evagrius Ponticus (345), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Tarasios of Constantinople (730), Pelagia (400), and Demetrios I of Constantinople (1914).