Illustration of Saint Euphrosyne On Her Death Bed Revealing Her True Identity To Her Father From The Basil Menology

Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria

Also known as: Euphrosyna; Smaragdus

Saint

Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

1 January (Roman Martyrologium); 16 January (some Roman calendars); 25 September (Greek calendar; Armenia calendar); 15 February (Greek calendar); 24 September (Greek calendar); 11 February (Carmelites; Nordic calendars); 8 March (Armenian calendar)

Died

470 of natural causes; some relics at Boulogne, France; some relics at the monastery of Saint John de Beaulieu in Picardy, France

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

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Coat of Arms

Biography

Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria, whose historicity is now questioned by modern scholarship, is a figure whose life was often portrayed as pious fiction but was mistaken for historical accounts. According to these traditional narratives, she was the daughter of Paphnutius, a wealthy citizen of Alexandria, Egypt. Born in her parents' old age, her birth was attributed to the prayers of a monk who was a close friend of their family.