Martyr · 2nd century
Drosis of Antioch
Also known as Drosida · Drosís
According to tradition a daughter of the Emperor Trajan who embraced Christianity. With several companions she was seized for her faith and gave her life as a martyr, having helped to bury the bodies of slain Christians.
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Notes
Traditionally numbered among martyrs who suffered with her companions; commemorated also in the homilies of St. John Chrysostom.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints