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Abraham of Egypt
Egyptian monk
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 21 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Abraham of Egypt or Abraham of Minuf was a fourth-century monk and hermit of Egypt, is known only from the Synaxarion.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q4055992 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Abraham of Egypt (CC BY-SA)
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