By Sarah Levesque (Rated G)
St. Syncletica was born to wealthy parents in Alexandria, Egypt, around the year 270AD. From an early age she dedicated herself to God, devoting herself to fasting and praying, to the disappointment of her suitors. Upon the death of her parents, who were predeceased by her brothers, she inherited the family wealth. This she distributed to the poor. Syncletica and her blind younger sister moved to crypt, where Syncletica cut off her own hair as a sign that she had renounced the world.
As word of her piety spread, Syncletica was visited by many women and girls who came to hear her wisdom. She often focused her words on the virtues, particularly humility. Some of the ladies joined her in her seclusion.
After years of ministry, at eighty years old, Syncletica was stricken by an illness that affected her lungs, her jaws and and mouth. She offered it all to God with patience. Syncletica died around 350AD. She is honored in the Catholic, Orthodox, and Episcopal churches.
May we, like St. Syncletica, work toward virtue and be ever ready to embrace God’s will, even through suffering.
Sources:
catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=813
oca.org/saints/lives/2022/01/05/100099-venerable-synkletika-of-alexandria
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