Aaron (saint) explained
Aaron |
Titles: | Saint |
Venerated In: | Coptic Church |
Feast Day: | October 19 |
Aaron was an ancient Christian monk in Southern Egypt who lived during the fourth and early fifth centuries AD. He was an anchorite at Philae.[1]
He is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He has an annual feast in that church on 22 Paopi (October 19 in the Gregorian calendar).[2]
Bibliography
Notes and References
- Wipszycka, Ewa. "What can the lives of Saints tell us about History?", The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, vol. li (2021), pp. 105–117
- https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=Aberoh+and+Atom&source=bl&ots=lgTbcZoV1B&sig=ACfU3U2UMgWETernnrPgSUPwmGVfVjLMeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiH7M-ykpWDAxW-j4kEHRHlDws4MhDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=Aberoh%20and%20Atom&f=false Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924, p. 1