July 25th

Saint Olympias

Saint · Common of Widows · Nicomedia (İzmit), Turkey · d. c. 408

At Nicomedia in Bithynia, the passing of Saint Olympias, widow, who, bereaved of her husband while still young, spent the rest of her life most piously at Constantinople among the women consecrated to God, aiding the poor and remaining most faithful to Saint John Chrysostom even in his exile.

Latin Original

— Nicomedíz in Bithynia, tránsitus sanctae Olympíadis, víduze, quae, adhuc iüvenis cóniuge orbáta, Constantinópoli inter mulieres Deo sacrátas réliquum vitze tempus piíssime transégit, paupéribus subvéniens et sancto Ioánni Chrysóstomo fidelíssima étiam in eius exsílio.