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Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century

Venerable Xenia of Rome

Also known as Eusebia · Xenia of Rome and her two servants

A Roman senator's daughter who fled an arranged marriage with two servants, took the name Xenia ('stranger'), and founded a convent of great humility in Mylasa of Caria.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 24