Athanasia of Egina
9th‑century Byzantine Christian abbess and saint from Aegina
Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Athanasia of Aegina (c.790 in Aegina – 15 August 860 in Timia, Greece) was a Byzantine saint and abbess. Athanasia's hagiographer called her "this praiseworthy woman, who bears the name of immortality, who lived her life admirably". She is known by one hagiography, written by an anonymous writer shortly after her death and published in 916. She was born of noble parents and received a standard education for girls at the time. When she was seven years old, she experienced a vision that inspired her to enter a convent.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q391940 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Athanasia of Aegina (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.