Pelagia (disambiguation)

Pelagia (died 457), also known as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century.

Pelagia may also refer to:

Saints

• Pelagia the Virgin or Pelagia of Antioch (died 303), a Christian saint, virgin, and martyr
• Januarius and Pelagia (died 320), Christian martyrs and saints in Armenia
• Pelagia of Tarsus or Pelagia the Martyr (died 4th century), a legendary Christian saint and martyr in Cilicia
• Marina the Monk, Pelagia or Mary of Alexandria (5th century), a Christian saint of Byzantine Syria
• Pelagia of Tinos (died 1834), a Christian saint who found the lost icon Our Lady of Tinos in 1822

Other

• Pelagia Gesiou-Faltsi (born 1935), scholar in the field of civil procedure in Greece
• Pelagia Goulimari (born 1964), Greek-British academic
• Pelagia Papamichail (born 1986), Greek basketball player
• Pelagia Majewska (1933–1988), record-setting Polish glider pilot
• Pelagia Mendoza y Gotianquin (1867–1939), the first female sculptor in the Philippines
• Pelageya, а Russian singer

In fiction

• Sister Pelagia, the fictional heroine of novels by Boris Akunin
• Pelagia, a fictional character in the novel and film Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Places

• Agia Pelagia ("St Pelagia"), a seaside fishing village in Crete, Greece
• Pelagia, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Łask County, Poland

Organisms

• Fraus pelagia, a species of moth
• Pelagia (cnidarian), a genus of jellyfish
• Pelagia benovici, former name of Mawia benovici, a Mediterranean species of jellyfish
• Pelagia colorata, former name of Chrysaora colorata, a Californian species of jellyfish
• Pelagia noctiluca or mauve stinger, a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae
• Listonella pelagia, a species of marine bacteria

Others

• 1190 Pelagia, an asteroid named for the Russian astronomer, Pelageya Shajn
• RV Pelagia, a Dutch sea research vessel
• The 12th Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus

See also

• Pelageya, а Russian singer
• Pelageya (disambiguation)
• Marina (disambiguation), the Latinized form of Pelagia
• Pelagie (name)