Righteous · Old Testament
Righteous Jael
Also known as Jael wife of Heber
The woman who slew the captain Sisera, praised in the song of Deborah.
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Notes
Among the Holy Forefathers, commemorated on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ. Individual veneration is not clearly attested; flagged for clergy review.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints