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Athanasia of Egina
9th‑century Byzantine Christian abbess and saint from Aegina
SaintFull write-upByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
701
Died
860
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
On the island of Aegina, Saint Athanasia, widow and then hermit and hegumena, outstanding for her observance of monastic discipline and for her virtues.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 18 April as a widow, then hermit and abbess, on Aegina, outstanding in monastic discipline.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q391940 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Athanasia of Aegina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.