Women Deacons we know by name

During the first millennium tens of thousands of women served as ordained deacons
especially in the Greek-speaking part of the Catholic Church.





In Armenia & Syria we know of 14 women deacons by name In Asia Minor we know 51 women deacons by name In Palestine & Egypt we know 14 women deacons by name In Greece we know 20 women deacons by name in Gaul & Italy we know 7 women deacons by name

Maps of main regions with detailed information about the women deacons:

*** Greece
*** Asia Minor
*** Gaul & Italy
*** Armenia and Syria
*** Palestine and Egypt

Alphabetical list of known women deacons

with links to each of them



Aeria Domna Matrona (of Cosila) St Radegunde
Agaliasis Eirene Matrona (of Stobi) St. Tryphena
Agathe Eistrategis Mesalina St Xenia
Agathokleia Elisanthia Nikagora Seven martyrs
Agrippiane Elaphia Nonna (of Galatia) Severa (of Jerusalem)
Alexandra Elladis Nonna (of Palestine) Severa (of Phrygia)
Alexandria (of Elis) Eneon Nune Sigolena
Amproukla Epiphaneia Palladia Sophia
Anastasia (Palestine) Eufimia Paula Susanna
Anastasia (?Syria) Eugenia (?Syria) Pentadia Tatiana
Andromacha Eugenia (Greece) Philogonis Tetradia
Anna Eusebia (of Constantinople) Phoebe Theodora (of Ticini)
Anonymous (from Capua) Eusebia (of Mylasa) Posidonia Theodora of Korykos
Arete Goulasis Pribis Theodosia
Athanasia (Asia Minor) Helladis Publia Theodula
Athanasia (Greece) Hilaria Romana Theophila
Aurelia Faustinia Ida Sabinia Theophilia
Ausonia Jannia (?Syria) St Apollonia Theoprepia
Axia Kelsa St Domnika Theosebia
Basilike Kyrie St Elizabeth (of Najran) Timothea
Basilina Lampadia St Genevieve Two women deacons
Basilis Lampadion (of Annesi) St Gorgonia Unnamed (of Thrace)
Basilissa Magna St Irene Unnamed deacon
Casiana Manaris (of Gaza) St Justina Unnamed deaconess
Celerina (Constantinople) Maria (of Archalais) St Macrina Valeriana (?Syria)
Celerina (Novae) Maria (of Moab) St Melania Zaortha
Charitina Marthana St Nonna Zoe
Daughters of Count Terentius Martyria St Olympias
Dionysia Masa St Platonida
Dipka Matrona (of Axyfos) St.Poplia  

Video Presentations

Ordained women deacons

Tens of thousands of ordained women deacons served in parishes during the first millennium of the Church.

Ministries in the West

Women exercised a variety of ministries in North Africa and in different regions of Western Europe.

The Tasks of Women Deacons

Women deacons fulfilled pastoral functions at baptism, communion and anointing of the sick.