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Venerable Onuphrius the Great

Also known as Onouphrios

A hermit who for sixty years dwelt utterly alone in the inner desert of Egypt, fed by an angel and clothed only in his own hair and leaves, whose life was made known by St Paphnutius shortly before his repose.

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Distinct from Onuphrius of Malsk (same day).

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