Nicarete

Nicarete of Nicomedia was a woman of a rich and distinguished family of Nicomedia, who made a vow of chastity, left her home to study theology and give herself to the service of the poor at Constantinople, and became a spiritual daughter of Saint John Chrysostom. Her name means "victorious virtue". She cared for the poor, learned medicine and the preparation of herbal remedies in order to treat them. She is said to have cured John Chrysostom of a stomach ailment, which is why she is invoked against stomach illnesses. When John was sent into exile, she went with him. She died around 440. She is commemorated in the West on 27 December. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.