Ephigenia of Ethiopia

Saint

Ephigenia of Ethiopia
Santa Ifigênia, wooden statue from Minas Gerais, 18th c. (Museu Afro Brasil).
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast

Ephigenia of Ethiopia or Iphigenia of Ethiopia (Spanish: Efigenia; Portuguese: Ifigénia/Ifigênia; French: Iphigénie; Greek: Ἰφιγένεια), also called Iphigenia of Abyssinia, is a Western folk saint whose life is told in the Golden Legend as a virgin converted to Christianity and then consecrated to God by Matthew the Apostle, who was spreading the Gospel to the region of Ethiopia.

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