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Venerable Anthousa the Confessor

Also known as Anthousa of Mantinea

An abbess of Mantinea in Paphlagonia who, holding fast to the veneration of the holy icons, was tortured under Constantine Copronymus and confessed the faith.

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