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Place
EG
Today: Wadi El Natrun
3 saints associated
A solitary of the Scetis desert in the 4th century, Bessarion was distinguished by his radical humility and charity, liv…
A 5th-century Egyptian abbot, Saint Poemen lived a life of rigorous austerity between the deserts of Scetis and Terenuth…
Born in Thessalonica, Porphyrius became Bishop of Gaza after a life of asceticism in Egypt and Palestine. He fought with…
Saints associated with Scetis: Saint Bessarion the Solitary of Scetis, Saint Pimen (the Shepherd) and Saint Porphyrius of Gaza.
Scetis corresponds today to Wadi El Natrun.