Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314 – 368), also known as Abba Theodorus and Theodore the Sanctified was the spiritual successor to Pachomius and played a...
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Saint Theodore (redirect from Saint Theodorus)
saint St. Theodore of Heraclea or St. Theodore Stratelates (281-319), military saint St. Theodorus of Tabennese (c. 314–368), disciple of Saint Pachomius...
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Dymphna (category Christian female saints of the Middle Ages)
martyred by her father. The story of Dymphna was first recorded in the 13th century by a canon of the Church of Aubert of Avranches at Cambrai, France. It...
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James the Great (redirect from James son of Zebedee)
romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die (after Judas...
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Bartholomew the Apostle (category Catholicoi of Armenia)
the Apostle is remembered in the Church of England with a Festival on 24 August. The 6th-century writer Theodorus Lector averred that in about 507, the...
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Theodorus of Egypt (died ~340) was a Coptic Christian monk and hermit who lived in the time of emperor Constantine the Great. Very little is known of...
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Seven Archangels (redirect from Seven Princes of Heaven)
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. In those texts, they are referenced as the angels...
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Moses the Black (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
infamous and violent gang of 75 robbers. Moses was a man of huge physical stature, strength and courage, and became leader of this gang of robbers that became...
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Philip the Apostle (redirect from Philip of Bethsaida)
Φίλιππος; Aramaic: ܦܝܠܝܦܘܣ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ, Philippos) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Later Christian traditions...
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Our Lady of Zeitoun, also known simply as El-Zeitoun, Zeitun or rarely Our Lady of Light, was a mass Marian apparition that was reported to have occurred...
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Simon the Zealot (category Year of birth unknown)
ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲓ-ⲕⲁⲛⲁⲛⲉⲟⲥ; Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܩܢܢܝܐ) was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected...
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Saint Mercurius (redirect from Marcorios, the martyr of the Lord)
– 250 AD) was a Roman soldier of Scythian descent who became a Christian saint and martyr. He was born in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, in Eastern...
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Jude the Apostle (redirect from Jude of James)
of Coptic letters. Jude (Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou; Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus...
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John the Apostle (redirect from John the Apostle of Love)
Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome...
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rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. Zadkiel (Hebrew: צִדְקִיאֵל Ṣīḏqīʾēl, 'God is my Righteousness')...
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Sariel (category Angels in the Book of Enoch)
course of the moon. The fallen watcher Sariel, according to the Book of Enoch, was one of the leaders of angels who lusted after the daughters of men. They...
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Saint Apollonia (category History of dentistry)
Ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲟⲛⲓⲁ) was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According...
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Michael (archangel) (redirect from Michael, Military Orders of Saint)
and in the Epistle of Jude, where the author denounces heretics by contrasting them with Michael. The Book of Enoch lists him as one of seven archangels...
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Philomena (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
Philomena of Rome (c. 10 January 291 – c. 10 August 304) was a virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on May 24–25, 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla...
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Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several...
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romanized: Ya'qūb bin Halfā) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, appearing under this name in all three of the Synoptic Gospels' lists of the apostles. He is generally...
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order, particularly...
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Pachomian monasteries (section List of monasteries)
superiors of the Koinonia is given below. Pachomius (329–9 May 346) Petronius (9 May 346–21 July 346) Horsiesius (21 July 346–350) Theodorus of Tabennese (350–27...
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Thomas the Apostle (redirect from Feast of St Thomas)
(Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known...
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Demiana (category Burials at the Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag))
Coptic martyr of the early fourth century. Near the end of the third century, there lived a Christian named Mark. He was the governor of el-Borollos, el-Zaafaran...
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Matthias the Apostle (category Year of birth unknown)
rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Coptic letters. Matthias (/məˈθaɪəs/; Koine Greek: Μαθθίας, Maththías [maθˈθi...
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John the Evangelist (redirect from Cross of Saint John)
traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter...
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1971; 26 Epip 1618 – 30 Meshir 1687) was the 116th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 10 May 1959 (2 Pashons 1675) to his death...
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Raphael (archangel) (category Book of Tobit)
of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE. In later Jewish tradition, he became identified as one of the...
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