Saints from Roman Egypt

credited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)

4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint (329–379)

Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)

Egyptian Christian monk, hermit, and saint (died 356)

Christian theologian (c.150 – c.215)

Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444

Egyptian missionary, saint depicted with a wheel

early Christian saint and martyr, from Nicomedia

Egyptian saint

Patriarch of Alexandria

Christian hermit

Egyptian hermit and female Christian saint

Egyptian saint and leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion

Egyptian Christian monk and hermit

Patriarch of Alexandria from 384 to 412

4th century Alexandrian Christian theologian

Christian female saint and martyr

monk, priest and martyr in Egypt

Coptic/Orthodox pope

Coptic pope of Alexandria

group of Egyptian saints

Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; ) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy, and as Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy.

1st century Patriarch of Alexandria

Egyptian saint, martyr and wonder-worker, said to have lived 285-ca. 309

1st century Patriarch of Alexandria

Saint Pantaenus the Philosopher (; died c. 200) was a Sicilian theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria from around AD 180. This school was the earliest catechetical school, and became influential in the development of Christian theology.

Patriarch of Alexandria from c. 189 to 232

Patriarch of Alexandria from 264 to 282

patriarch of Alexandria from 232 to 248

monk

Eastern Orthodox saint

Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: ), was the abbot of the White Monastery in Egypt. He is considered a saint by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and is one of the most renowned saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

monk in the Nitrian Desert

Egyptian saint

Patriarch of Alexandria from 96 to 106

Barsanuphius (; ; ; died after 543), also known as Barsanuphius of Palestine, Barsanuphius of Gaza or Barsanuphius the Great (in Eastern Orthodoxy), was a Christian hermit and writer of the sixth century. He is considered one of the Desert Fathers.

Patriarch of Alexandria from 141 to 152

Patriarch of Alexandria from 129 to 141

Patriarch of Alexandria from 106 to 118

Egyptian hermit, saint

Patriarch of Alexandria from 152 to 166

Patriarch of Alexandria from 312 to 313

Patriarch of Alexandria from 178 to 188

Egyptian priest (4th century AD)

Pope of the Coptic Church

Patriarch of Alexandria from 167 to 178

Pshoi, Paisius the Great, as he has been known in Europe since the 5th century AD, Bishoy, Bishūy, Bishāy or Bishiyyah, as his name is pronounced in Arabic (Coptic: Abba Pšoi / Pišoi; Greek: Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ Μέγας; 320 – 417 AD), known in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria as the Star of the Desert and the Beloved of our Good Savior, was a Coptic Desert Father. He is said to have seen Jesus, and been bodily preserved to the present day via incorruptibility at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Nitrian Desert, Egypt. He is venerated by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Eastern

early Christian saint

Poemen the Great (Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was a Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers). Poemen was quoted most often for his gift as a spiritual guide, reflected in the name "Poemen" ("Shepherd"), rather than for his asceticism. He is considered a saint in Eastern Christianity. His feast day is August 27 in the Julian calendar (September 9 in the Gregorian calendar).

Egyptian saint

Egyptian monk and saint

Egyptian saint

Egyptian Desert Father

Egyptian saint

Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints

Egyptian saint

Egyptian hermit

Egyptian saint and archbishop

Germanic saint

Christian saint and martyr