Marina the Monk (sometimes known as Pelagia, Mary of Alexandria, Marinus, Marinos, Marina the Syrian) (6th century?) is venerated as a saint. She is considered a female "Desert Father". Her legend may be a pious fiction: it states that her father Eugene (Eugenius), a Bithynian who wanted to become a monk, took both himself and his daughter Marina (whom he disguised as a boy) to a monastery. This monastery has been identified as the Monastery of Qannoubine, in the Holy Valley, Lebanon.