Baring-Gould’s sources: Greek Menology and Mencea, Modem Roman Martyrology, inserted by Baronius. Authority: — The late Greek Acts and the notices in the Menology, &c.] ENAIS and Philonilla are said to have been natives of Tarsus in Cilicia, and kinswomen of S. Paul the Apostle. They abandoned their native town and devoted themselves to medical science, making their skill in curing the maladies of the body a vehicle for instructing the souls of their patients. They inhabited a cave in a forest dedicated to Demeter, near Tarsus, along with three pious men named Pappas, Pateras, and Philocyris. When, however, persecution was feared, the two women sent their three male companions back to Tarsus, as they were less likely to attract attention in the midst of a throng than in solitude. They parted with proVOL. XL 1] [Oct. if.

…fusion of tears, and Zenais was so heart-broken that she prayed God to remove her from this wicked world. No sooner had she risen from her devotion than she trod on a thorn, and as she was sitting down to pull it out of her foot, she died. Philonilla, her sister, remained in the cave till her death. What became of the three men is not stated. The Greek Menologies do not designate the damsels as Virgins, and therefore Baronius [Cardinal Baronius (d. 1607), church historian who edited the Roman Martyrology] did not give them this title in the Roman Martyrology.