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Venerable (Monastic) · 9th century

Saint Anna of Leukadio

Also known as Anna · Euphemianos

A noblewoman of Constantinople who, to escape an unwanted marriage, fled in the guise of a man under the name Euphemianos and lived out her life in ascetic struggle.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints