Bishop · April 8
St. Dionysius of Alexandria
Dionysius of Alexandria was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March 264.
Egypt · Present-day geography
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Saints from Egypt
Read the full stories of 21 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Egypt.
Showing 13–21 of 21. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.
Monastic / Hermit
St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria
Euphrosyne of Alexandria , also called Euphrosynē, was a saint who disguised herself as a male to enter a monastery and live, for 38 years, as an ascetic.
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Monastic or Hermit · January 19
St. Macarius of Alexandria
Macarius of Alexandria was a monk in the Nitrian Desert.
Egypt · Present-day geography
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Monastic
St. Macarius of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
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Martyr · September 22
St. Maurice
Maurice was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group.
Egypt · Present-day geography
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Martyr · November 11
St. Menas of Egypt
Menas of Egypt is an early Christian martyr widely venerated in Egypt and other Eastern and Western Christian traditions.
Egypt · Present-day geography
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Monastic · August 28
St. Moses the Black
Moses the Black, also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian, was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father.
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Monastic · 9 May
St. Pachomius the Great
292 – 9 May 348 AD), also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism.
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Monastic
St. Paul of Thebes
Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes in Roman Egypt from the age of 16 to the age of 113 years old.
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