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Hermit; Born: 448 Corinth, Greece: Died: 557 (aged 108–109) Cave of St. Chariton, Palestine: Venerated in: Coptic Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Western Christianity: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Feast: September 29 (Eastern Orthodox) [1] November 10 (Coptic Orthodox) January 21 (Armenian Apostolic)
On 12 November, Rufus, legend, without any historical proof, the supposed first Bishop of Avignon, who is perhaps identical with Rufus, the disciple of Paul (21 November). [2] On 21 November, Rufus the disciple of the Apostles, who lived at Rome and to whom Saint Paul sent a greeting, as well as he did also to the mother of Rufus (Romans 16:13 ...
Today, this area of Mount Athos, located about halfway between Katounakia and the Skete of Podromos, is called Agios Nilos, named in honor of St. Nilus. Just before the end of his life, he said was to have myrrh flowing from his body in such abundance that it flowed into the sea from the top of the mountain. That miraculous myrrh attracted ...
Anthony the Hermit (c. 468 – c. 520), also known as Anthony of Lérins, is a Christian who is venerated as a saint. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Pannonia Valeria (now Hungary ), then part of the Hunnic Empire .
Maron, also called Maroun or Maro (Syriac: ܡܪܘܢ, Mārōn; Arabic: مَارُون, Mārūn; Latin: Maron; Ancient Greek: Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as the Maronite Church, in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church. [5]
When Saint Guthlac died in 714 A.D., he was already famous for his choice to give up a “life of riches” for years of solitude as a Christian monk.
Rufus and Zosimus (died 107 AD) are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. They lived in Antioch and were martyred with Ignatius of Antioch during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Trajan . [ 1 ]
It is commonly accepted that much of the story surrounding Zosimus is fantasy. [4] [2] Saint Zosimus the Hermit and Saint Athanasius his disciple are commemorated on 4 January by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, while the Catholic Church commemorates them a day earlier on 3 January. [5]