Polyxene

Saint Polyxene, venerable, is venerated as a saint by both the Orthodox and the Catholic Church, and is commemorated on 23 September together with her sister, Saint Xanthippe. According to tradition she lived in the first century, in the time of the emperor Claudius (41 to 54).

She was of Spanish descent. She heard in Greece the preaching of the apostles Peter and Philip and became a disciple of the apostle Andrew, who also baptized her. She spent the rest of her life in Spain, with her sister Xanthippe, preaching the faith of Christ and working many miracles.

The sources at hand say nothing about the end of her life, nor about relics or places of veneration. Some lists call her a martyr, but the account above contains no martyrdom. All that is known of her rests on tradition and not on historical sources.