Serapion the Sindonite | |
Titles: | Desert Father, Venerable |
Death Date: | 356 |
Feast Day: | 7 April |
Honored In: | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Serapion the Sindonite was a Christian monk from Egypt who is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is on 7 April.[1]
Serapion was an Egyptian monk who was noted for his severely ascetic practices. He lived at a time when monasticism was starting to flourish in the Egyptian wilderness. According to Alban Butler,