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Saints Zenaida (Zenaida of Tarsus) and Philonella (d. circa 100) were traditionally the first Christian physicians after Luke the Evangelist and the first unmercenaries (physicians who would not accept fees from their patients). They are particularly venerated in Eastern ChristianityZenaida and Philonella were sisters born into a well-educated Jewish family and said to be cousins of Paul the Apostle.
