Euphrasia of Constantinople
Saint Euphrasia | |
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Euphrasia carried heavy rocks as a penitential labor. From an 1878 book, Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints | |
| Virgin | |
| Born | 380 Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | March 13, 410 (aged 30) The Thebaid, Egypt |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | March 13 (Roman Catholic) July 25 (Eastern Orthodox) |
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Euphrasia (also, Eupraxia) (380 – March 13, 410) was a Constantinopolitan nun who was venerated after her death as a saint for her piety and example of charity.