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Venerable (Monastic) · 4th century

Venerable Horus of the Thebaid

Also known as Or · Hor of Egypt

A hermit of the Egyptian desert who after long years of solitude gathered and guided a brotherhood of monks, and was granted angelic visitations.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints