Marionilla of Egypt

Holy Martyr Marionilla of Egypt suffered in Egypt together with the Holy Martyr Julian the abbot, with Celsus, Antony, Anastasius, with the Holy Martyr Basilissa, the abbess, with seven youths and twenty soldiers. She was the wife of Celsus, the son of Julian's tormentor, the governor Marcian.

Julian was born in the Egyptian city of Antinoe and, by his parents' will, married a noble and rich maiden, Basilissa. In marriage they both remained virgins. After their parents' death they built two monasteries, one for men and one for women, received monasticism and were abbots in them. In the time of Diocletian, in the year 313 as the page gives it, Saint Julian suffered cruelly for the faith of Christ and by his courage brought to Christ Celsus and his wife, Marionilla. Raising a dead pagan, he turned him also. The converts received Baptism from the presbyter Antony; the pagan received at Baptism the name Anastasius. After a time in prison, all received the crown of martyrdom, beheaded with the sword, and with them died twenty soldiers and seven youths.

They are commemorated on 21 January, in the new style.