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Pelagia

Pelagia

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Pelagia can refer to:
  • Saint Pelagia
    Saint Pelagia
    Saint Pelagia is an Antiochene saint, a virgin of fifteen years, who chose death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour. She is mentioned by Ambrose , and is the subject of two sermons by Chrysostom...

    , of Antioch, who leapt to her death from a housetop
  • Pelagia of Tarsus
    Pelagia of Tarsus
    Pelagia of Tarsus is a saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in the Cilicia region of Asia Minor during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian....

    , who was burnt to death
  • Sister Pelagia, heroine of novels by Boris Akunin
  • Agia Pelagia
    Agia Pelagia
    Agia Pelagia is a seaside fishing village built in the centre of a picturesque amphitheatric bay, 23 km northwest from Heraklion capital city of the island of Crete....

    , a fishing village in Greece
  • Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish, belonging to the family Pelagiidae.In Greek Pelagia means “of the sea”, nocti stands for night and luca means light thus Pelagia noctiluca can be described as a marine organism with the ability to glow in the dark.This species of jellyfish commonly known as the...

    , a species of jellyfish
  • Pelagia, a character in the novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Corelli's Mandolin, alternatively called Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1993 novel written by Louis de Bernières which takes place on the island of Cephallonia during the Italian and German occupation of World War II. The main characters are Antonio Corelli, an Italian captain, and Pelagia,...

     (and in the film of the book)
  • Pelagia, a species of bacteria in the Listonella genus
  • 1190 Pelagia
    1190 Pelagia
    1190 Pelagia is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 20, 1930 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...

    , an asteroid named after Russian astronomer Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn
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Pelagia can refer to:
  • Saint Pelagia
    Saint Pelagia
    Saint Pelagia is an Antiochene saint, a virgin of fifteen years, who chose death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour. She is mentioned by Ambrose , and is the subject of two sermons by Chrysostom...

    , of Antioch, who leapt to her death from a housetop
  • Pelagia of Tarsus
    Pelagia of Tarsus
    Pelagia of Tarsus is a saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in the Cilicia region of Asia Minor during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian....

    , who was burnt to death
  • Sister Pelagia, heroine of novels by Boris Akunin
  • Agia Pelagia
    Agia Pelagia
    Agia Pelagia is a seaside fishing village built in the centre of a picturesque amphitheatric bay, 23 km northwest from Heraklion capital city of the island of Crete....

    , a fishing village in Greece
  • Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish, belonging to the family Pelagiidae.In Greek Pelagia means “of the sea”, nocti stands for night and luca means light thus Pelagia noctiluca can be described as a marine organism with the ability to glow in the dark.This species of jellyfish commonly known as the...

    , a species of jellyfish
  • Pelagia, a character in the novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    Corelli's Mandolin, alternatively called Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1993 novel written by Louis de Bernières which takes place on the island of Cephallonia during the Italian and German occupation of World War II. The main characters are Antonio Corelli, an Italian captain, and Pelagia,...

     (and in the film of the book)
  • Pelagia, a species of bacteria in the Listonella genus
  • 1190 Pelagia
    1190 Pelagia
    1190 Pelagia is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 20, 1930 by G. Neujmin at Simeis.- External links :*...

    , an asteroid named after Russian astronomer Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn
  • F. Pelagia, a species of moth in the Fraus
    Fraus (genus)
    Fraus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 25 described species, all endemic to Australia.-Species:*Fraus basicornis*Fraus basidispina*Fraus bilineata*Fraus biloba*Fraus crocea*Fraus distispina...

     genus
  • Pelagia (band), a band from New York City
  • Pelagia, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)