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Venerable Martyr

The Venerable Egyptian Hermits Killed by Fire and Smoke

Hermits of Egypt, killed by fire and smoke for their faith.

Feast
July 10old style July 23
Era
unknown
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Venerable Egyptian Hermits Killed by Fire and Smoke were, according to the page, ten thousand inhabitants of the Egyptian deserts, accused of Origenism and tortured around the year 398, in the time of Patriarch Theophilus of Alexandria. The real reason for their killing is thought to be that they had given shelter to the priest Isidore.

The page keeps no further details. They are commemorated on 23 July, in the new style.

Commemorated the same day July 10