Name
Matrona, abbess in Constantinople, 5th c.
Saint ID
S01829
Number in BH
BHG 1221-1223
Reported Death Not Before
482
Reported Death Not After
500
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders, Aristocrats, Married but sexually abstinent, Transvestites
| ID | Title | E08131 | The Greek Life of *Matrona (abbess in Constantinople, 5th c., S01829) recounts the story of an aristocratic woman who entered the ascetic way of life disguised as a eunuch at the male monastery of *Bassianos (5th c. abbot in Constantinople, S02890), and later founded her own nunnery in the same city. Written in Constantinople in the late 6th century. |
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