- male, deceased (356)
- Saint Anthony the Great (ca.251 - 356), also known as Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Anthony of Egypt, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Saint Anthony the...
- male
- Saint Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d. c. 345) is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He is...
- male
- Onuphrius (Greek: Ονούφριος, from Egyptian: "Wnn-nfr" meaning "he-who-is-continuingly-good"), venerated as Saint Onuphrius in the Roman Catholic...
- female, deceased (421)
- Venerable Mary of Egypt (ca. 344 – ca. 421) is revered as the patron saint of penitent women, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox and Or...
- male, deceased (395)
- Macarius of Alexandria (d. 395) was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt, and is thus also...
- male, deceased (357)
- Ammon or Amun was a saint and hermit of Egypt. He was one of the most venerated ascetics of the Nitrian Desert, and Saint Athanasius mentions him...
- male, deceased (693)
- Saint Samuel the Confessor is a Coptic Orthodox saint, venerated in all Oriental Orthodox Churches. He is most famous for his torture on the hands...
- male, deceased (1971)
- His Holiness Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) VI of Alexandria, born "Azer Youssef Atta" (August 8, 1902 - March 9, 1971), was the Pope and Patriarch of the...
- male, deceased (581)
- Saint Hospitius (in French, Saint Hospice and anciently Saint Sospis) (d. May 21, 581) was a French recluse who, according to tradition, had been a...
- male
- Saint John of Egypt (? - 394) was one of the hermits of the Nitrean desert. He began as a carpenter and left to solitude after receiving a divine...
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