Pelagia (disambiguation)
Saint Pelagia, Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent or Pelagia the Harlot was a legendary Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century.
Pelagia may also refer to:
People
- Pelagia the Virgin or Pelagia of Antioch (d. 3rd century), a Christian saint, virgin, and martyr
- Marina the Monk, Pelagia or Mary of Alexandria, a Christian saint of Byzantine Syria
- Januarius and Pelagia (died 320), Christian martyrs and saints in Armenia
- Pelagia of Tarsus or Pelagia the Martyr (d. 4th century), a legendary Christian saint and martyr in Cilicia
- Pelagia of Tinos (19th c.), a Christian saint who found the lost icon Our Lady of Tinos in 1822
- Pelagia Gesiou-Faltsi (born 1935), scholar in the field of civil procedure in Greece
- Pelagia Papamichail (born 1986), Greek basketball player
- 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 (genus), a genus of jellyfish
- Pelagia benovici, a Mediterranean jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae
- 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
- RV Pelagia, a Dutch sea research vessel
See also
- Pelageya, а Russian singer
- Pelageya (disambiguation)
- Marina (disambiguation), the Latinized form of Pelagia
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