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Matrona of Thessalonica

A Christian slave at Thessalonica who secretly attended church despite serving a Jewish mistress; when her faith was discovered she was beaten and bound, and died of her wounds rather than renounce Christ.

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