we know by name

During the first millennium tens of thousands of women served as ordained deacons
especially in the Greek-speaking part of the Catholic Church.

Maps of main regions with detailed information about the women deacons:

Alphabetical list of known women deacons

with links to each of them

Aeria	Domna	Matrona (of Cosila)	St.Poplia
Agaliasis	Eirene	Matrona (of Stobi)	St Radegunde
Agathe	Eistrategis	Mesalina	St Syncletica
Agathokleia	Elisanthia	Nikagora	St Tatiana
Agrippiane	Elaphia	Nonna (of Galatia)	St. Tryphena
Alexandra	Elladis	Nonna (of Palestine)	St Xenia
Alexandria(of Elis)	Eneon	Nune	Seven martyrs
Amproukla	Epiphaneia	Palladia	Severa (of Jerusalem)
Anastasia (Palestine)	Eufimia	Paula	Severa (of Phrygia)
Anastasia (?Syria)	Eugenia (?Syria)	Pentadia	Sigolena
Andromacha	Eugenia (Greece)	Philogonis	Sophia
Anna	Eusebia (of Constantinople)	Phoebe	Susanna
Anonymous (from Capua)	Eusebia (of Mylasa)	Posidonia	Tetradia
Arete	Goulasis	Pribis	Theodora (of Ticini)
Athanasia (Asia Minor)	Helladis	Publia	Theodora of Korykos
Athanasia (Greece)	Hilaria	Romana	Theodosia
Aurelia Faustinia	Ida	Sabinia	Theodula
Ausonia	Jannia (?Syria)	St Apollonia	Theophila
Axia	Kelsa	St Domnika	Theophilia
Basilike	Kyrie	St Elizabeth (of Najran)	Theoprepia
Basilina	Lampadia	St Genevieve	Theosebia
Basilis	Lampadion (of Annesi)	St Gorgonia	Timothea
Basilissa	Magna	St Irene	Two women deacons
Casiana	Manaris (of Gaza)	St Justina	Unnamed (of Thrace)
Celerina (Constantinople)	Maria (of Archalais)	St Lydia	Unnamed deacon
Celerina (Novae)	Maria (of Moab)	St Macrina	Unnamed deaconess
Charitina	Marthana	St Melania	Valeriana (?Syria)
Daughters of Count Terentius	Martyria	St Nonna	Zaortha
Dionysia	Masa	St Olympias	Zoe
Dipka	Matrona (of Axyfos)	St Platonida

See also our mirror site for women deacons