Saint Zoe of Rome (d. ca. 286) was a noblewoman, married to Nicostratus, a high Roman court official. She lived during Emperor Diocletian's early persecution of the Christian Church. She was greatly devoted to St Peter and was praying by his tomb when she was arrested for her faith and was martyred by hanging from a tree by her hair while being burnt to death by a fire lit at her feet. Her feast day is July 5.