Saint Euphrasia

Euphrasia was related to Emperor Theodosius I, who converted Rome into a Christian state. After Euphrasia’s father died, Emperor Theodosius helped to take care of Euphrasia and her mom. When Euphrasia was 7 years old, her mother took her to Eygpt and they lived near a convent of nuns. Eurphrasia loved the nuns and begged her mom to let her live with them and serve God, and she did. After her mother died, the Emperor wrote to Euphrasia saying that she was promised to marry a rich senator. Euphrasia wanted to stay with the nuns, so she wrote an amazing letter to the Emperor saying, which said that she belonged only to Jesus. She said she could not give herself to anyone else, because she belonged only to God. She told him that she wanted the world to forget about her, she wanted all her money to be given to the poor and she wanted the Emperor to release all the slaves that belonged to her family. She also asked the Emperor to please forgive any debts that anyone owed her family. The Emperor was so amazed by the letter he agreed to everything and Euphrasia spent the rest of her life as a nun.