Lydia

She was commonly identified as a dealer of purple cloth.

Lydia of Thyatira is a devout woman who worshiped God, a woman who is considered as the first recorded believer in Europe.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Paul teaches the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

After unjustly beaten and Jailed, Paul and Silas they visited the house of Lydia:
Acts 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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