Kyriaki of Nicomedia | |
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Great-Martyr | |
Born | Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey) |
Died | 289 A.D. Chalcedon (modern-day Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Major shrine | Church of St Kyriaki, Istanbul |
Feast | 7 July |
Patronage | patron of Servia, Greece |
Saint Kyriaki (Greek: Αγία Κυριακή; Bulgarian: Света Неделя / Sveta Nedelya), also known as Saint Kyriaki the Great Martyr (Greek: Αγία Κυριακή η Μεγαλομάρτυς), is a Christian saint, who was martyred under the emperor Diocletian.