Lydia
This woman married is part of the young Roman expatriate women who gathered around Claudia Procula and Plautina. They meet Jesus for the first time in Tiberias, at the property of Johanna of Chuza, their friend.[1]
Character and Appearance
"Lydia, on the other hand, is fair-haired, thinner and younger [than Plautina]. Her beauty is not the stately beauty of Plautina, but she possesses all the grace of feminine youth which is still a little unripe. And since we are on a pagan subject, I could say that if Plautina looks like the statue of an empress, Lydia could well be Diana or a gentle modest looking nymph."[2]
Apostolic Journey
Friend of Valeria, she is part of the group of disciples pagan women who will gradually follow Jesus. She will retire to Caesarea on the Sea with the group of Roman women after the death and the Resurrection of Jesus.[3]
Her Name
The gens Livia is the name of an illustrious family of Rome. Historical reference: Livia, the wife of Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius.
Where is she mentioned in the work?
Pentecost, Decapolis and Esdraelon Plain: GRM 425 GRM 426
Summer in Nazareth: GRM 438 GRM 448 GRM 461
The Return to Jerusalem: GRM 583