Hypatia

Martyr of the Eternal Pagan Church. Martyred by a horde on the streets of her city, Hypatia is a Saint of Philosophy.
Hypatia was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria and the only woman in antiquity for whom historians have some positive evidence of her mathematical activities. However, the information about her achievements in this and other fields is particularly scanty, and comes either from authors, such as Christian writers, that were overtly hostile to her or from sources not favorably oriented. The latter is the case of Damascius’ testimony, making up the bulk of the entry of the Suidas lexicon. Such biased reports have exposed even the reasons and the oft-repeated circumstances of her murder to scholarly romancing. [Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography,Copyright 2008 Charles Scribner's Sons]