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