Name
Hierax, Apa Hierax, Egyptian anchorite
Saint ID
S01934
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Hermits/recluses
| ID | Title | E05116 | Coptic Life of Apa *Kyros (S01932), written by Apa Pambo, monk and presbyter of the church at Sketis (Wadi Natrun), written to establish it as a text read out in church, relating Apa Pambo’s excursion into the inner desert searching for this remotest of monks, illustrating his humility and witnessing the miraculous arrival of Christ, the anchorite’s death, as well as the burial undertaken by Christ himself; written perhaps during the 5th/6th c. |
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