Euphrasia of Constantinople

Saint

Euphrasia
Euphrasia carried heavy rocks as a penitential labor.
From an 1878 book, Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Virgin
Born380
Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
DiedMarch 13, 410 (aged 30)
The Thebaid, Egypt
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
FeastMarch 13 (Roman Catholic)
July 25 (Eastern Orthodox)

Euphrasia (also, Eupraxia) (380 – March 13, 410) was a Constantinopolitan nun who was venerated after her death as a saint for her piety and example of charity.