Damaris (biblical figure)

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Detail of Raphael's St Paul Preaching in Athens depicting Damaris.[1]

Damaris (Greek: Δάμαρις) is the name of a woman mentioned in a single verse in Acts of the Apostles (17:34) as one of those present when Paul of Tarsus preached in Athens in front of the Athenian Areopagus in c. AD 55.

  1. ^ Finnan, Vincent. "Paul Preaching at Athens". Italian Renaissance Art. Retrieved 26 September 2020.