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Serapion the shroud-wearer. 183 original: "sindonites." Serapion was an Egyptian monk famous for owning nothing but a single linen cloth, or "sindon."
Severianus and his wife. 214
Silvania. 239
Abbot Sisinus. 210
Abbot Solomon. 201
Abbot Stephen. 90
Stephen, who fell. 196 original: "lapsus." In a monastic context, this refers to an ascetic who committed a grave sin or abandoned their vows.
Simeon the Elder. 320 original: "priscus."
Simeon the Stylite. 424 original: "stelites." Saint Simeon was a famous Syrian ascetic who lived for decades on top of a pillar to distance himself from the world.
Abbot Sur. 157
Mother Taor. 232 original: "Taor Amma." "Amma" is the spiritual title for a "Desert Mother," corresponding to the male "Abba" or Abbot.
Thalassius or Limnaeus. 412
Thalelaeus. 446
Abbot Theona. 134
Theodosius. 350
Theodora. 228
The Flute-player. 165 original: "Tibicen."
Venerea. 228
A certain virgin who struggled with the love of riches. 22
The virgin about whom false testimony had been spoken. 106
The virgin who had renounced the world. 232
The virgin who received Bishop Athanasius. 231 Referring to the story of a young woman who hid Saint Athanasius the Great from imperial soldiers for six years.
The fallen virgin who performed penance. 233 original: "Virgo lapsa q̃ egit pœnitentiã."
The virgin who offered seven hundred prayers. 73
The fallen virgin. 97
Usia. 228
The wife of a man of Senatorial rank. 247
Zeno. 357