Friday, December 20, 2024
We had a request to post a list of single, non-monastic saints. Thank you to Brigid Strait Johns for pulling this together!
- St. Casilda (hermit, not a monastic)
- St. Catherine the Great (scholar)
- St. Hermione (doctor)
- St. Lydia of Ufa (clerk for a forestry dept.)
- Sts Mary and Martha of Bethany (disciples)
- St. Mary of Egypt (hermit, not a monastic)
- St. Mary Magdalene (equal-to-the-apostles)
- St. Myrope (healer)
- St. Nino (equal-to-the-Apostles)
- St. Olympia (deaconess)
- St. Philonella (doctor)
- St. Phoebe (deaconess)
- St. Pulcheria (Empress; married briefly in virginity towards end of her life)
- St. Tatiana (deaconess)
- St. Thekla (equal-to-the-Apostles; unmercenary healer)
- St. Theodora of Vasta (soldier)
- St. Zenaida (doctor)
Plus, there are multitudes of virgin martyrs, including
- St. Agatha
- St. Dymphna
- St. Euphemia
- St. Julia
- St. Lucia
Note: Single, non-monastic male saints also exist, including St. Alexander Schmorell (student), Sts Boris and Gleb (princes), St. Ahmed the Calligrapher (calligrapher; living in sin), St. Elijah (prophet), St. Luke (Evangelist; physician), and St. Peter the Aleut (hunter).
Icon of St Lydia of Ufa (also known as New Martyr Lydia) available from damascenegallery.com