Aaron_(saint)

Aaron (saint)

Aaron (saint)

Coptic Orthodox saint

Aaron was an ancient Christian monk in Southern Egypt who lived during the fourth and early fifth centuries AD.[1] He was an anchorite at Philae.[2]

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He is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He has an annual feast in that church on 22 Paopi (October 19 in the Gregorian calendar).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Van der Vliet & Dijkstra 2019.
  2. [2]
    Wipszycka, Ewa. "What can the lives of Saints tell us about History?", The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, vol. li (2021), pp. 105–117
  3. [3]
    Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924, p. 1

Bibliography

  • Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
  • Van der Vliet, Jacques; Dijkstra, Jitse (2019). The Coptic Life of Aaron: Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-41301-6.



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