Her son Eleutherius was ordained a deacon and priest and then consecrated as bishop by a man named Anicetus. According to a source in Greek dating from before the 5th century, Antia was the widow of a consul named Eugenius.
Eleutherius is venerated as a bishop of Illyricum according to tradition, Antia was his mother. History īorn in Rome, Eleutherius's father died when he was a young child and his mother, Anthia, took him to Anicetus, the Bishop of Rome, who taught him in the divine scriptures. The martyrdom of Eleutherius, from the Menologion of Basil IIĪpril 18, September 5, November 24, December 15 (Albanian Orthodoxy)Įleutherius (or Eleut(h)erus or Eleftherios sometimes called Liberalis or Liberator, the former transliterations and the latter translations of his (Albanian: Shën Lefter, Greek: Ἐλευθέριος) and his mother Antia (or Anthia) (Albanian: Shën Anthi, Greek: Ἀνθία, Italian: Santi Eleuterio e Anzia) are venerated as Christian saints and martyrs in Greece and Albania.