Venerable
Aaron
Saint named in the calendars of the first millennium; the sources preserve few details about him.
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- Feast
- October 19old style November 1
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Aaron was a monk in Upper Egypt who lived in the fourth and early fifth centuries at Philae, as an anchorite. He is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church, which keeps his feast on 22 Paopi (19 October in the Gregorian calendar). His Coptic Life was edited and translated in 2019 by J. van der Vliet and J. Dijkstra.
Commemorated the same day October 19
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