On my drive home from a late meeting tonight, I was trying to think of a Saint whose story would be meaningful, but brief as it is already late. St. Priscilla came to mind - which actually gives us a two-fer as her husband, Aquila, is also recognized as a Saint.
Aquila and Priscilla (or Prisca) were a first century Jewish married couple. They were living in Rome, but fled that city when Emperor Claudius forbade Jews to live there. They relocated to Corinth, where they met and befriended St. Paul the Apostle. The couple were tent makers, as was St. Paul, and he lived and worked with them during his stay in Corinth. They are among the earliest converts to Christianity, but it is unclear whether they were converted by Paul or were already Christians when he met them.
Priscilla and Aquila are mentioned six times in four different books of the New Testament. They are always named together as a couple - 3 times with Aquila mentioned first and 3 with Priscilla's name first. They are credited with providing a presence that strengthened the early Christian Churches. They even started out to accompany Paul when he proceeded to Syria, but stopped at Ephesus in the Roman province of Asia, now part of modern Turkey.
According to the Roman Martyrology, the couple suffered martyrdom in Asia Minor. Their Feast day is July 8.
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