Litany of Saints
Picture: unknown artist · see file page · Wikimedia Commons

Anoub

Egyptian Christian Desert Father, ascetic and anchorite who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries in Scetis, Lower Egypt (modern day Wadi El Natrun).

SaintPre-congregation
Born
unknown
Died
400
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Abba Anoub, also known as Anoub of Scetis, Anoub the Signbearer or Anoubius, was an Egyptian Christian Desert Father, ascetic and anchorite who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries in Scetis, Lower Egypt (modern day Wadi El Natrun). Abba Anoub is mentioned in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, also called the Apophthegmata or the Gerontikon. Saint Nikolaj Velimirović, writing in the Prologue of Ohrid, describes him as "one of the great Egyptian monks."

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.

The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources
  • Wikidata Q12078749 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Anoub (CC BY-SA)

Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.

All saints · About this site · Report a mistake on this page