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title: "St. Lydia Purpuraria: Feast Day August 3 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lydia-purpuraria/
description: "St. Lydia Purpuraria, Disciple. Remembered on August 3. Read their life in Bless."
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Disciple · Remembered on August 3

# St. Lydia Purpuraria

St. Lydia Purpuraria is remembered on August 3 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [August 3](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/#3) |
| Title | Disciple |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Tuesday, August 3, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lydia-purpuraria/#calendar) |

## Life

The dealer in purple cloth from Thyatira whom Paul met at the riverside place of prayer in Philippi: ‘the Lord opened her heart.’ Baptized with her household — the first recorded convert of Europe — she made her house the apostles’ base, and would take no refusal.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Lydia Purpuraria. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Tuesday, August 3, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/08/03/) | Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Numbers 12:1-13 · Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13 · John 1:49b · Matthew 14:22-36 |
| [Thursday, August 3, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/08/03/) | Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Jeremiah 18:1-6 · Psalm 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab · Acts 16:14 · Matthew 13:47-53 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 2 St. Eusebius of Vercelli](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-eusebius-of-vercelli/) [August 4 St. John Vianney](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-vianney/)

[All the saints of August](https://blessbible.app/saints/august/) [Born on August 3?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#08-03) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Lydia Purpuraria

Remembered on August 3

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lydia-purpuraria/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lydia-purpuraria/#calendar)

In the app

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