Tryphena and Tryphosa

Female disciples at Rome, apparently sisters, and very useful in the work of evangelization, 1Ch 16:12 .\par

Christian women at Rome, saluted by Paul as then "labouring in the Lord" (Rom 16:12). Possibly they were deaconesses. The columbaria of Caesar’s house in the Vigna Codini near Porta S. Sebastiano contain the names Tryphena, Philologus, Amplias, and Julia, mentioned in this chapter (Wordsworth, Tour in Italy, 2:17).

[Tryphe’na] [Trypho’sa]

Two Christian women at Rome, of whom Paul said they ’labour in the Lord,’ and to whom he sends salutations. Rom 16:12.