Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria
Also known as Smaragdus
A wealthy Alexandrian woman who fled an arranged marriage and entered a men's monastery in disguise as the monk Smaragdus to pursue the ascetic life.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints