Martyr · 3rd century
Martyr Potamiaena of Alexandria
Also known as Potamiani · Potamiana
A Christian slave-woman of Alexandria who, guarding her purity and her faith, was tormented and killed with boiling pitch under Maximian; the soldier Basilides who pitied her was soon converted and martyred himself.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints