Mary of Egypt
Egyptian hermit and female Christian saint
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- Egypt rank#217
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- Fame54.7
- Momentum0.0
- Egypt rank#217
- Religious Figures rank#239
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Lived 344–421, aged 77Egypt
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Updated 2026-06-09
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.
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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 i…
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