September 18 - Born into a wealthy Roman family, she raised her three daughters in the religion of Christ and the fear of God. The Greek names of her three daughters, Pistis, Elpis and Agapi, have been translated into French and Russian: they are respectively Faith (or Vera), Hope (or Nadège) and Charity (or Liouba).

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In Rome, Saint Sophia visited churches every Sunday and won a multitude of women to Christianity. According to the legend, the young girls and their mother were captured, around 137, by the troops of the emperor, to whose ears the fame of their piety and virtue had reached. Amazed by the beauty of the children, Emperor Hadrian wanted to adopt them, but they and their mother refused. Amazed at their strength in faith despite their young age, the emperor summoned the girls separately, thinking that they dared to stand up to him out of mutual emulation. Infuriated by their answers and their refusal to renounce their religion, the emperor decided to put them to death. Sophie encouraged her three daughters - Vera (Faith), Nadège (Hope) and Liouba (Charity) - during their ordeal and died the last. The metaphor is obvious: it is divine Wisdom who generates in the hearts of Christians the three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity.