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(pron. Af'fia, Á᾿ðößá , prob. for Á᾿ððßá , the Greek form of the Lat. name Appia), the name of a female affectionately saluted by Paul (A.D. 57) as a Christian at Colossee (Phm_1:2); supposed by Chrysostom and Theodoret to have been the wife of Philemon, with whom, according to tradition, she suffered martyrdom. SEE PHILEMON.