Snandulia of Persia

Holy Righteous Snandulia of Persia, also called Yazdundokta, was a laywoman of Ctesiphon, renowned for her works of mercy in the persecution of King Sapor.

The Persian Christian Yazdundokta lived in the capital, Ctesiphon. In the time of persecution, when more than a hundred people were arrested and after half a year in prison executed, she was not arrested: priests, deacons, monks and nuns were being arrested, and she was "only" a laywoman. She fed all the prisoners, for the prison of that day tormented mostly by hunger. Learning the date of the execution, on the eve she prepared a rich meal and gave each a white festal garment. Only the next morning she came early and said that the execution would be that very day, begging them all to remain faithful to God. The martyrs were beheaded, and Yazdundokta managed to steal the bodies that same night and bury them, saving them from abuse.

The saint is commemorated on 16 November, in the new style.