Martyr · 4th century
Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and the Seven Virgin-Martyrs
Also known as Theodotus · Tecusa · Phaine · Claudia · Matrona · Julia · Alexandra · Euphrasia
An innkeeper of Ancyra who sheltered and supported the persecuted faithful and recovered the bodies of seven aged virgins drowned for Christ; for this he too was seized and beheaded.
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Notes
Named group commemorated as one. Nov 6 = the Seven Virgins of Ancyra; Nov 7 = Theodotus the Innkeeper.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints