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Which of the following “villains” of mainstream Christian tradition had a wife who is recognized as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy?

Which of the following “villains” of mainstream Christian tradition had a wife who is recognized as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy? Correct Answer Pontius Pilate

Although his wife is never named in the Gospels, Pontius Pilate was married, by broader tradition, to a Claudia Procles, who is said to have had a vision of the Crucifixion and subsequently attempted to stop it. She is venerated as a saint both in the Eastern Orthodox churches and also in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of the Oriental Orthodox communion.

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