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It sits within the topics 330 births, 405 deaths and 4th-century Byzantine monks.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- 330 AD, Egypt
- Died
- 405 (aged 74 – 75), Scetis , Egypt , Eastern Roman Empire
- Venerated in
- Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodoxy , Catholic Church , Anglican Communion , Lutheranism , Assyrian Church of the East
- Major shrine
- Paromeos Monastery , Scetis , Egypt
- Feast
- August 28 ( Chalcedonian Christianity ), July 1; Paoni 24 ( Coptic Orthodox Church ), July 28 ( Syriac Orthodox Church ), July 2 ( Episcopal Church )
- Patronage
- Africa, nonviolence
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Africa
- Place of death
- Egypt
- Occupation
- writer
- Religion
- Copts
- Image
- Преподобный Моисей Мурин. Фрагмент новгородской иконы конца XV века.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Moses of Ethiopia
- canonization status
- thaumaturge
- date of death
- 0395-00-00
- date of birth
- 0320-00-00
- feast day
- August 28
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Encyclopedic overview
Moses the Black (Coptic: Ⲙⲟⲥⲉⲥ; Greek: Μωϋσῆς ὁ Αἰθίοψ, romanized: Mōüsês ho Aithíops; Arabic: موسى الحبشي; 330–405), also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian , was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He is highly venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church. According to stories about him, he converted from a life of crime to one of asceticism. He is mentioned in Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History, written about 70 years after Moses's death.
Biography
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