Mary the Slave

Holy Martyr Mary the Slave was a Christian woman, a slave in the household of a Roman patrician, venerated as a martyr for her sufferings. Western calendars place her around 300, in the persecution of Diocletian, while the Orthodox calendar gives the years 117 to 138; her record keeps the date 117. The sources consulted say no more of her life. She is a saint of the undivided Church.

She is commemorated on 1 November, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).