Saint Aaron, High Priest of the Hebrews
Brother of Moses and the first High Priest of the Hebrews, Aaron was his brother's interpreter before Pharaoh and the in…
Place
EG
18 saints associated
Brother of Moses and the first High Priest of the Hebrews, Aaron was his brother's interpreter before Pharaoh and the in…
A patriarch originally from Ur, Abraham is called by God to leave his homeland to become the father of a multitude of na…
A 4th-century Egyptian nobleman, Ammon lived in continence with his wife for eighteen years before retiring as a hermit.…
A 5th-century Egyptian blacksmith, Ampelius used his trade to serve God and the poor before exiling himself near Genoa t…
A patrician at the court of Justinian, Anastasia fled to Egypt to escape the jealousy of Empress Theodora. After foundin…
A faithful disciple and secretary to the prophet Jeremiah in the 6th century BC, Baruch recorded the prophecies and shar…
Chrysanthus, son of a Roman senator converted to Christianity, transforms the vestal Daria sent to seduce him into a fer…
The first solemn dedication of Christianity, the Basilica of the Savior (Saint John Lateran) was erected by Emperor Cons…
A Roman general named Placidus under Trajan, he converted after seeing Christ between the antlers of a stag while huntin…
Originally from Egypt and a disciple of the seventy-two, Eutropius was sent to evangelize Gaul after the Ascension. As t…
Eight days after his birth in Bethlehem, the Son of God submits to the law of Circumcision and receives the name Jesus, …
The favorite son of Jacob sold by his brothers, Joseph becomes governor of Egypt after interpreting Pharaoh's dreams. De…
Successor to Moses, Joshua led the Hebrews in the conquest of the Promised Land. He is famous for crossing the Jordan Ri…
A former sinner from Alexandria, Mary converted in Jerusalem before an icon of the Virgin. She lived for forty-seven yea…
Saved from the waters of the Nile and raised in the court of Pharaoh, Moses was chosen by God to deliver the Hebrew peop…
Origen, born around 185 in Egypt, was the greatest scholar of the early Church and directed the school of Alexandria fro…
A disciple of Saint Anthony in the 4th century, Prior lived as a hermit in the Nitrian Desert in Egypt. Known for his ra…
An Egyptian anchorite of the 5th century, Sisoes lived for seventy-two years in the desert, notably on the mountain of S…