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Saint Onuphrius
Desert father
SaintFull write-upEgyptPre-congregation
Feast: 12 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
320
Died
400
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Egypt, Saint Onuphrius, anchorite, who lived devoutly for sixty years in the vastness of the desert.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 12 June as an anchorite who lived sixty years in the desert.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q464959 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Onuphrius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.