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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Venerables

Salome and Judith

Holy recluses, commemorated together in the Western calendars.

Feast
June 29old style July 12
Era
9th century
Order
Venerables

Life

Saints Salome and Judith lived as recluses (anchoresses) at Oberalteich Abbey in Germany in the ninth century. According to the account, Salome was a princess from England who had been exiled, and in Bavaria she was befriended by a pious widow named Judith. Both withdrew to Oberalteich, to the abbey dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, and lived there in solitude.

They are commemorated together on 29 June as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources say no more.

Commemorated the same day June 29