Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography Saints

Agape, Irene and Chione, Saints, Martyrs

AGAPE, IRENE E CHIONE, SANTE, MARTIRI

Feast day: 5 April

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Chione, Saint, Martyr, Irene, Saint, Martyr redirect here.

Also known as: German: Agape, Irene und Chione; Agape, Chionia, and Irene; Spanish: Ágape, Irene y Quíone; French: Agape, Irène et Chionie; Latin: Agape, Irene et Chione

AGAPE, Irene and Chione, Saints, Martyrs. - Sisters, martyred under the emperor Diocletian in 304 at Thessalonica. Feast on 3 April. When the decree of persecution was published in their city, they fled to the mountains; but not long afterward, having returned to their own homes, they were captured and brought before the tribunal, where they were examined three times concerning their faith. The authentic Acts of these three interrogations are preserved in a Greek text studied and published for the first time by Pio Franchi de' Cavalieri. Finally the three sisters were condemned to the stake: Agape and Chione on 1 April, Irene, the youngest, probably on the 5th of the same month.

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BIBL.: Martyr. Romanum, p. 123; P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, Nuove note agiografiche (Studi e Testi, IX), Rome 1902, pp. 3-19; H. Delehaye, Les passions des martyrs et les genres littéraires, Brussels 1921, pp. 141-43.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 425–426.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Agape, irene e chione, sante, martiri.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 425–426. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agape-irene-e-chione-sante-martiri.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Agape, irene e chione, sante, martiri.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 425–426. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agape-irene-e-chione-sante-martiri.

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  author    = {van, Hulst Cesario},
  title     = {Agape, irene e chione, sante, martiri},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {425--426},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agape-irene-e-chione-sante-martiri}
}

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