St. Lydia Purpuraria : Patron of Dyers

Saint Lydia of Thyatira

St. Luke the Evangelist (the physician) wrote the books of Acts (the characters Peter (Acts 1 – 12) and Paul (Acts 13 – 28)….Now we all read Acts 16:11-15 on May 15, 2023 USCCB.

I want to share about two biblical women are parellel in Tanakh (Old Testament) and Brit Chadasha (New Testament) I admire their humbleness hospitality.

The above photo of Elisha’s powerful prophetic message from the word of YHWH (the LORD) spoke to the Shunammite will bear a son …. Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son. Read 2 Kings 4:11-37. 💜🤟🙏🕊️

2 Kings 4:8-10 Tree of Life Version

Shunammite Hospitality

8 One day when Elisha passed through Shunem, where there was a prominent woman who persuaded him to eat some food. And so it was, whenever he passed through, he would stop for a meal. 9 Then she said to her husband, “Behold now, I realize that this man who often passes through is a holy man of God. 10 Please, let’s make a little walled room on the roof, and let’s put there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstand for him. Then whenever he comes to us, he can stay there.”

You can click the widow’s oil and married Shunammite woman on 2 Kings 4 including the widow’s oil regarding 1 Kings 17:9.

Saint Lydia of Thyatira is the Feast day on August 3rd.

Interesting I researched about the key is Thyatira we all recognize St. Lydia of Thyatira (Philippi).

St. Lydia is the first recorded person in Europe to become a true follower of Jesus Christ. She was Saint Paul’s first baptized convert at Philippi in the Acts of the Apostles. She was from Thyatira.

Question: why was color purple important to St. Lydia (St. Lydia Purpuraria : Patron of Dyers)?

Because sea snails and parchment: It can take thousands of snails to produce a single gram of pure dye.  After salting, boiling and sitting for a few days the gland fluid begins to turn from a pale cream to a purple colour. This process is accelerated by sun exposure. After about 10 days the dye is ready for use.

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On 1st Century AD (or CE) St. Lydia was a business woman and a dealer of purple cloth. This meant she sold garments dyed with tyrian purple, a dye that is created by boiling marine snails that would create the dark reddish-purple hue. The Catholic is recognized Feast Day is Saint Lydia on August 3rd, is “patroness of dyers”. She is also known as “The Woman of Purple,” regarding “of Thyatira,” “Purpuraria,” (St. Lydia Purpuraria : Patron of Dyers), and “of Philippi” (‘Philippisia’ in Greek).”

How can we know St. Lydia Purpuraria : Patron of Dyers elaborate “purple”?

First we see the feast day of St. Lydia Purpuraria is on August 3rd. Purpuraria is the key answers the Latin word purpuraria means purple in English word and that’s why this purpuraria (latin word) relates to her connection with purple dye.

Please click Purple in biblical history and St. Lydia on August 3rd