LYDIA. - Name, or nickname, of a woman converted by St. Paul during the third apostolic mission, at Philippi (v.), near the Gangites, where the place of prayer of the Jews was; she then hosted the Apostle with Luke and Silas ("we"); Acts 16:14 ff.
L. was a dealer in purple, that is, in wool and cloth dyed purple; she came from the city of Thyatira in the Asian region of Lydia. She "feared God," that is, she worshiped the true God of the Jews. Having "listened" to Paul's evangelical proclamation, she inwardly adhered, for "the Lord had opened her heart to understand the truths spoken by Paul." Baptized with her household, L. invited Paul and his co-workers thus: "'If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she prevailed upon us."
Paul also went to L.'s house after his release from prison (Acts 16:40). From these passages and from Phil. 4:3, it does not follow what E. Renan thinks, namely that Paul had married L.
BibliographyE. Jacquier, Les Actes des Apôtres, Paris 1926, pp. 486-91.
BIBL.: E. Jacquier, Les Actes des Apôtres, Paris 1926, pp. 486-91.
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Lydia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1733. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lydia.
MLA
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Lydia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1733. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lydia.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_lydia,
author = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
title = {Lydia},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1733},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lydia}
}
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