Venerable Mary (called Marinus in monasticism) of Alexandria

Forms of name: Maria, Marina, Marinus, Mary

Mary disguised herself as a man in order to enter a monastery with her father St. Eugene, and was given the name Marinus. Her sex was not discovered by the brothers there until after her death.

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