During the first millennium tens of thousands of women served as ordained deacons
especially in the Greek-speaking part of the Catholic Church.
Maps of main regions with detailed
information about the women deacons:
*** Greece
*** Asia Minor
*** Gaul & Italy
*** Armenia and Syria
*** Palestine and Egypt
| Aeria
Alexandria (of Elis) Anastasia (Palestine) Anastasia (Syria) Anonymous (from Capua) Athanasia (Asia Minor) Athanasia (Greece) Celerina (Constantinople) Celerina (Novae) |
Dipka
Eugenia (Syria) Eugenia (Greece) Eusebia (Constantinople) Eusebia (of Mylasa) Jannia (Syria) Lampadion (of Annei) Manaris (of Gaza) Maria (of Archalais) Maria (of Moab) Matrona (of Axyfos) |
Matrona (of Cosila)
Matrona (of Stobi) Nonna (of Galatia) Nonna (of Palestine) St Elizabeth (of Najran) |
St.Platonida
Severa (of Jerusalem) Severa (of Phrygia) Theodora (of Ticini) Theodora (of Korykos) Theophila (of Chersonesus) Unnamed (of Thrace) Valeriana (of Syria) |