Commemorated September 3rd

Saint Phoebe is mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans 16:1-2. "I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, the deaconess1 of the church of Cenchrea2 that you may receive her in the Lord, as befits the saints, and may assist her in whatever business she has need of you, for she has been a helper of many, and of myself as well" (Romans 16:1-2).

She may have been the one who delivered this Epistle, and then planned to continue her work in Rome.

Icon by the hand of Petros Angelis