Name
Samuel, Apa Samuel, monk, monastic founder and healing saint at Kalamun (c. 597–c. 695)
Saint ID
S01991
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Miracle-workers in lifetime, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E05276 | The Coptic Life of *Samuel of Kalamun (monk, monastic founder and healing saint, S01991), presented by Isaak, a monk and priest at the monastery of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) founded by Samuel at Kalamun (in the Fayum) on the saint’s feast day, relates his asceticism and sanctity, his visions of angels, his special bond with the Virgin Mary to whom he dedicated his monastic church, his gift of prophecy, and his miraculous healing powers, referring to the ascetic as a martyr without being beheaded. Written presumably at Kalamun in the later 8th c. |
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