Mary of Egypt

Saint Mary of Egypt
18th-century Russian icon of Saint Mary of Egypt
Born	Province of Egypt
Died	Trans-Jordan desert, Palaestina I
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic churches Anglican Communion
Canonized	Pre-congregation
Feast	Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic: 1 April;[1] 5th Sunday of Great Lent Coptic Orthodox: Parmouti 6 Roman Catholic: 1 April (Ordinary Form)/ 2 April (Extraordinary Form)
Attributes	Cilice, skull, loaves of bread
Patronage	Chastity (warfare against the flesh; deliverance from carnal passions); demons (deliverance from); fever; skin diseases; temptations of the flesh[2]

Mary of Egypt (Greek: Μαρία η Αιγυπτία ; Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ; Egyptian Arabic: مريم المصرية/ماريا المصريةالمصرية; Amharic/Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) was an Egyptian grazer saint dwelling in Palestine during Late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She is highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. The Catholic Church commemorates her as a patron saint of penitents.

She is exclusively known through the hagiographical account of her life, a narrative in Greek written by Sophronius of Jerusalem in the 7th century. Her existence is uncertain and has been questioned by some historians.