According to this popular text, Thecla was a native of Iconium, now the town of Konya in central Turkey, where she received the message of Paul as he was preaching next door to her family’s home.

Chapter 1 When Paul went up to Iconium after his flight from Antioch, Demas and Hermogenes became his companions, who were then full of hypocrisy. But Paul looked only at the goodness of God and ...