Saint Theoctiste of Lesbos, also known as Theoctiste of Paros, was a hermitess born on Lesbos in the tenth century. Orphaned as a child, she was raised in a convent, and then abducted by Arab raiders who forced her into slavery on Paros. She escaped and lived for for over 30 years as a hermitess in an old church. She was discovered there one day by a hunter named Simon; whom she begged to bring her the Eucharist. He returned a year later, she made her first Communion in decades, and died soon after.
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