Martyr
Martyr Glyceria of Heraclea (of Trajanopolis)
II век (при имп. Антонине Пии)
Also known as: Гликерия Траянопольская
Martyr Glyceria — daughter of a former Roman proconsul, Macarius, who had relocated with his family from Rome to Trajanopolis in Thrace; she openly confessed Christ before the governor Savinus, was subjected to brutal tortures (including being cast into a heated furnace and thrown to lions), and was put to death in the city of Heraclea, where she had been transferred for further torment; she was buried by Bishop Dometius of Pontus. The separate "Glyceria of Heraclea" and "Glyceria of Trajanopolis" cards referred to the SAME saint and have been merged into this entry.
St. Glyceria the Martyr lived in the 2nd century, during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius (some manuscripts give c. 177). She was the daughter of a former Roman proconsul, Macarius, who had relocated with his family from Rome to the Thracian city of Trajanopolis — hence one of her epithets, "of Trajanopolis," referring not to a separate site of martyrdom but to her birthplace and family residence. When the governor Savinus arrived in Trajanopolis to compel Christians to sacrifice to pagan gods, St. Glyceria openly confessed faith in Christ, shattering an idol by the power of the sign of the cross. For this she was subjected to brutal torment: beaten, scraped with iron, cast into a heated furnace (from which she emerged unharmed), and thrown to lions in the amphitheater. She was transferred to the city of Heraclea (Heraclea Pontica in Thrace) for further torture and execution — hence her second epithet, "of Heraclea," by which she is known in most sources. There she suffered martyrdom; her body was buried by the local bishop, Dometius.
MERGE NOTE: the database contained two separate cards — "Glyceria of Heraclea" and "Glyceria of Trajanopolis" — with identical template placeholder text and an incorrect masculine gender (category_gender=m, despite Glyceria being an unambiguously female name). Research confirmed that pravenc.ru, drevo-info.ru, azbyka.ru, and ru.wikipedia.org all describe this as a SINGLE continuous narrative of one saint (relocation to Trajanopolis → confession and torture there → execution at Heraclea), with no division into two distinct martyrs of this name. The cards have been merged; the images from the "Trajanopolis" card have been moved here.