Venerable Elias the Hermit (also known as Elias of Egypt, died 371 AD) was a desert dwelling monk of the fourth century AD. He led the ascetic life for seventy-five years in a mountain cave of Egypt. He is recorded to have lived 110 years.
Venerable Elias the Hermit, of Egypt is commemorated 8 January by the Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.
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Desert Fathers Stylites