Phoebe
servant of the Lord among the faithful of Cenchreae
Feast: 3 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The commemoration of Saint Phoebe, a servant of the Lord among the faithful of Cenchreae in Greece, who together with many others helped the blessed Apostle Paul, as he himself bears witness in the Letter to the Romans.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 3 September as a servant of the Lord among the faithful of Cenchreae in Greece who helped the Apostle Paul.
- Roman Martyrology, 3 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rffcde90e — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.