Zeno the Prophet

Holy

Zeno
Abba
BornEgypt
ResidenceGaza
Diedca. 451 AD
Gaza
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastJune 19
InfluencesSilvanus of Gaza
InfluencedPeter the Iberian
Tradition or genre
Fathers of the desert

Zeno the Prophet (died ca. 451 AD) (also Holy Abba Zeno the Wonderworker) was an Egyptian monk and a Desert Father. He was disciple of the hermit Silvanus of Gaza, became the spiritual guide of the famous Georgian Peter the Iberian and is venerated as saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church on 19 June.


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