# Mary of Egypt

> A 5th-century desert ascetic who became the patron saint of repentance after, according to her hagiography, an icon physically blocked her from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem — turning a self-described life of lust in Alexandria into 47 years of solitude beyond the Jordan River.

*Egyptian hermit and female Christian saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mary-of-egypt

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Egypt
- **Born:** 344
- **Died:** 421
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

The story comes through the monk Zosimas of Palestine, who met Mary near the Jordan and heard her account: she had traveled from Alexandria to Jerusalem explicitly to seduce pilgrims bound for the Elevation of the Holy Cross, but at the church threshold an icon of the Theotokos barred her entrance and instructed her to cross the river into the desert. A year after their first meeting, Zosimas witnessed her walking on water to receive communion. When he returned the following year, he found her body and buried her on divine instruction. The tale, credited to Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem in the 7th century, was read into the record at the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 as evidence for the power of icons during the iconoclasm debates. Her historicity remains uncertain, though her feast day appears in the martyrologies of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Coptic tradition.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237583)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Egypt)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Mary%20of%20Egypt)
- [María d'Exiptu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_d'Exiptu)
- [Марыя Эгіпецкая](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F)
- [Марыя Егіпецкая](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%95%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F)
- [Maria Egipcíaca](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Egipc%C3%ADaca)
- [Marie Egyptská](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Egyptsk%C3%A1)
- [Maria af Egypten](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_af_Egypten)
- [Maria von Ägypten](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_%C3%84gypten)
- [Μαρία η Αιγυπτία](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%B7_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B3%CF%85%CF%80%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1)
- [Maria la Egiptino](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_la_Egiptino)
- [María de Egipto](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_Egipto)
- [Maria Egiptokoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Egiptokoa)
- [Maria Egyptiläinen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Egyptil%C3%A4inen)
- [Marie l'Égyptienne](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_l'%C3%89gyptienne)
- [Máire na hÉigipte](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1ire_na_h%C3%89igipte)
- [מרים המצרית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA)
- [Marija Egipatska](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Egipatska)
- [Egyiptomi Szent Mária](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyiptomi_Szent_M%C3%A1ria)
- [Maria dari Mesir](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_dari_Mesir)
- [Maria Egiziaca](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Egiziaca)
- [エジプトのマリア](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%97%E3%83%88%E3%81%AE%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2)
- [მარიამ მეგვიპტელი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)
- [Maria Aegyptiaca (Sancta)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Aegyptiaca_(Sancta))
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maria_Egiziaca)
- [مريم المصرية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9)
- [مريم المصريه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/mary-of-egypt