The Apostolic Age · AD 4–70
Claudia of Rome
fl. c. 66 (death unrecorded) · Believer of the Roman church · Rome
The Apostolic Age
Who Claudia of Rome was
The one woman in the last greeting of 2 Timothy. Her imperial gentile name — of the house of Claudius, whether freedwoman or citizen by grant — has fed centuries of conjecture, most lushly the British legend that made her a princess, daughter of Caractacus, and wife of Pudens; the sober residue is a Roman Christian woman known to Timothy by name. Some patristic guesswork even made her Linus’s mother.
Also listed in women.
Common questions
When was Claudia active?
Claudia of Rome is dated fl. c. 66 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Claudia in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Claudia?
Claudia of Rome is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Paul and The Constitutions' compiler. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Claudia from?
The archive associates Claudia of Rome with Rome.
Who were Claudia’s contemporaries?
The archive links Claudia of Rome to 3 other figures, including Pudens of Rome, Linus of Rome and Eubulus of Rome. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Scripture record
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
2 Timothy 4:21
c. AD 55Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.Paul · read ↗
Apostolic Constitutions VII.46 ('Linus the son of Claudia')
c. AD 380Of the church of Rome, Linus the son of Claudia was the first, ordained by Paul.The Constitutions' compiler · Apostolic Constitutions VII.46 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 30 · Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost, AD 30–33
- AD 44 · Persecution under Herod Agrippa I, AD 44
- AD 49 · The Council of Jerusalem, AD 49
- AD 57 · Paul writes Romans, AD 57
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Claudia.
- 1Rome