# Moses the Black

> A fourth-century bandit who walked away from violence and became one of the Desert Fathers—the hermit monks who retreated to Egypt's wastelands to strip life down to prayer and silence.

*Monk, priest and martyr in Egypt*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/moses-the-black

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 320
- **Died:** 395
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Moses was Nubian, born around 330, and the stories say he lived by crime before something turned him. He left that life and joined the desert ascetics in Egypt, becoming a hieromonk—a monk in holy orders—among the men who would shape early Christian monasticism. His conversion was sharp enough that later generations called him Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, a man who had been one thing and became another. The historian Sozomen wrote about him roughly seventy years after his death in 405, and by then Moses was already a figure both Orthodox churches would venerate: proof that the distance between violence and holiness could be crossed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

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

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200977)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Moses%20the%20Black)
- [Мойсей Мурин](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [Moses der Äthiopier](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_der_%C3%84thiopier)
- [Άγιος Μωυσής ο Αιθίοπας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%89%CF%85%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Moisés el Moro](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_el_Moro)
- [موسی سیاه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87)
- [Moïse l'Éthiopien](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C3%AFse_l'%C3%89thiopien)
- [Etiópiai Szent Mózes](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eti%C3%B3piai_Szent_M%C3%B3zes)
- [Musa si Hitam](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_si_Hitam)
- [Mosè l'Etiope](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos%C3%A8_l'Etiope)
- [მოსე შავი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%98)
- [Мојсеј Мурин](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%98_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [മോസസ് ദി ബ്ലാക്ക്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D)
- [Mozes de Zwarte](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozes_de_Zwarte)
- [Moses den sorte](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_den_sorte)
- [Mojżesz Etiopczyk](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moj%C5%BCesz_Etiopczyk)
- [Moisés, o Negro](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s%2C_o_Negro)
- [Моисей Мурин](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [Mojsije Murin](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojsije_Murin)
- [Mojžiš Etiópsky](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moj%C5%BEi%C5%A1_Eti%C3%B3psky)
- [Мојсије Мурин](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [Moses den svarte](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_den_svarte)
- [Musa Mwafrika](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Mwafrika)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black)
- [موسى الأسود](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [موسى الاسود](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF)

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