Onuphrius

Also known as Venerable Onuphrius, Saint Nofer the Anchorite, Saint Onuphrius

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.

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Saint.titles: Hermit
Saint.honorific_prefix: 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)
Saint.venerated_in: Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic ChurchOriental Orthodox ChurchesEastern Catholic Churches
Saint.image: Saint Onuphrius Emmanuel Tzanes.png
Saint.caption: 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
Saint.patronage: weavers; jurists Centrache, Italy