Onuphrius
Sign in to saveOnuphrius (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.
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- Hermit
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- Saint
- Saint.name
- Onuphrius
- Saint.birth_date
- 320 AD
- Saint.death_date
- 400 AD
- Saint.feast_day
- 12 June (Western & Byzantine)16 Paoni (Departure - Coptic Christianity)16 Hathor (Consecration of Church - Coptic Christianity)
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- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchOriental Orthodox ChurchesEastern Catholic Churches
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- Saint Onuphrius Emmanuel Tzanes.png
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- Saint Onuphrius by Emmanuel Tzanes, 1662
- Saint.birth_place
- Ethiopia
- Saint.death_place
- Egypt
- Saint.attributes
- loincloth made from leaves, long beard and hair; hermit with an angel bringing him the Eucharist or bread; hermit with a crown at his feet
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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.
==Life and legends== thumb|150 px|left|Saint Onuphrius Onuphrius was one of the Desert Fathers who made a great impression on Eastern spirituality in the third and fourth centuries, around the time that Christianity was emerging as the dominant faith of the Roman Empire. At this time many Christians were inspired to go out into the desert and live in prayer in the harsh environment of extreme heat and cold, with little to eat and drink, surrounded by all sorts of dangerous animals and robbers.