A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Edesia

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EDESIA,

Of Alexandria, wife of the philosopher Hermias. She lived in the beginning of the fifth century. Although at an early period of her life a convert to Christianity, she escaped persecution on account of her faith, in consequence of the high respect she commanded for her virtuous and exemplary life. After the death of of her husband, she joined her relatives at Athens.

The Fathers of the church mention her in their writings as having been instrumental, by her exemplary conduct, in dispelling many prejudices entertained against the followers of Christ, and in causing numbers to join the church.