Alexandra

Venerable Alexandra of Egypt was a virgin and hermit, who died probably before the year 398.

She came from Egypt. In her youth she vowed virginity to God, but she was to be given in marriage. She escaped in a wondrous way by fleeing and became a recluse, living in an empty tomb and giving herself wholly to God. She led a life full of ascetic struggles. Palladius speaks of her in the Lausiac History. Her commemoration is kept on 2 October. She is venerated in the Catholic as well as in the Orthodox Church, as a saint of the undivided Church.