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Aaron
Saint
Venerated inCoptic Church
FeastOctober 19

Aaron was an ancient Christian monk in Southern Egypt who lived during the fourth and early fifth centuries AD.[1] He was an anchorite at Philae.[2]

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).[3]

References

  1. ^ Van der Vliet & Dijkstra 2019.
  2. ^ Wipszycka, Ewa. "What can the lives of Saints tell us about History?", The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, vol. li (2021), pp. 105–117
  3. ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924, p. 1

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