Syncletica of Alexandria
Roman saint
Feast: 5 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Syncletica of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Συγκλητική, romanized: Synkletikḗ) was a Christian saint, ascetic, anchorite, and Desert Mother from Roman Egypt in the 4th century AD (c. 320–400). She is the subject of The Life of Syncletica, a Greek hagiography purportedly by Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373) but not published until 450; and the Alphabetical and Systematic Apophthegmata (probably compiled in the 6th century), which included 28 of her sayings and teachings. She died at the age of 80, after a three-year-long illness from mouth cancer.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Athanasius of Alexandria Saint“She is the subject of The Life of Syncletica, a Greek hagiography purportedly by Athanasius of Alexandria (d.” — Wikipedia
- Santi e Beati — Santa Sincletica, monaca in Egitto — Desert Mother of Alexandria (c.380-c.460). English Wikipedia: 'Her feast in the Roman Catholic Church is on 5 January' — the entry's feast day — 'her feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church is 6 January'; she is also in But
- Wikidata Q3394405 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Syncletica of Alexandria (CC BY-SA)
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