Saint Claudia may refer to:

• A Christian of 1st-century Rome, mentioned byPaul alongside Eubulus,Pudens andLinus in hisSecond Epistle to Timothy 4:21.^[1] Nothing is known of her origins or social or marital status, which has led to centuries of speculation, such as that she was:^[2]

• The mother of Linus. According to the 4th-centuryApostolic Constitutions, he was the first bishop of Rome, ordained by Paul and his mother was named Claudia.^[2]
• Claudia Rufina, a 1st-century British woman living in Rome, wife ofAulus Pudens. Since the 19th century she and her husband have been identified by some as the Claudia and Pudens ofSecond Timothy. She is usually identified as a daughter either ofCogidubnus orCaractacus. She is mentioned byMartial, but there is no direct evidence she was even a Christian.^[1]

• Twomartyrs from theDiocletianic persecutions:

• One of the virgin martyrs ofAmisos, burnt at the stake around 300. Their names were Claudia, Alexandra, Euphrasia, Matrona, Juliana, Euphemia, Theodosia and Derphuta with her sister. Their feast day is March 20.^[3]
• One of the companions ofTheodotus of Ancyra, martyred probably in 303. The other victims were Theodotus' aunt Thecusa and six virgins named Alexandra, Claudia, Phaina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta. The virgins were raped and then drowned in a marsh. Their feast day is May 18.^[4]

• Vandrei, Martha. "Claudia Rufina", in Gareth Atkins (ed.),Making and Rmaking Saints in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Manchester, 2016), pp. 60–76.

• 1st-century Christian female saints
• 4th-century Christian martyrs
• Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian