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Taisia
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
401
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Taisia of Egypt is a Christian saint. The Orthodox Church keeps her memory on 10 May in the Julian calendar.
Summary translated from the Russian Wikipedia article Таисия Египетская (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Santi e Beati — Santa Taisia (Taide), penitente, festa 8 ottobre — St Thais the penitent of Egypt, converted by St Paphnutius, is in the Roman Martyrology and santiebeati at 8 October. The Wikidata item's 10 May feast and 401 date do not match exactly, so the identification rests on the
- Wikidata Q12867530 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.