Onuphrius
Onuphrius | |
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Saint Onuphrius by Emmanuel Tzanes, 1662 | |
| Hermit | |
| Born | 320 AD Ethiopia |
| Died | 400 AD Egypt |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Eastern Catholic Churches |
| Feast | 12 June (Western & Byzantine) 16 Paoni (Departure - Coptic Christianity) 16 Hathor (Consecration of Church - Coptic Christianity) |
| Attributes | loincloth made from leaves, long beard and hair; hermit with an angel bringing him the Eucharist or bread; hermit with a crown at his feet |
| Patronage | weavers; jurists Centrache, Italy |
Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; Greek: Ὀνούφριος, romanized: Onouphrios) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy, and as Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy.