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St. Alodia (died c. 842/51), the daughter of a Muslim father and a Christian mother, was a child martyr from Huesca in north-eastern Spain. Her feast day is October 22.

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OTHER LANGUAGES: Élodie (French), Elodia (Spanish)

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The French version of this name, Elodie, is now more commonly heard than Alodia.

Alodia is also a place name. Part of Southern Egypt and Sudan was known as Alodia while it was under Christian rule during the Middle Ages.

Possibly from a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements alja "other, foreign" and aud "riches, wealth". Saint Alodia was a 9th-century Spanish martyr with her sister Nunilo.

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Filipino model and cosplayer, Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao (1988-)
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