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A

Abāmūn of Tarnūt Tarnūt / Egypt      
Abgar Edessa / Egypt      
Abilius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
'Abraha Ethiopia      
Abraham of Farshūt Farshūt / Upper Egypt      
Abraham and George of Scetis Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Abraham of Hermonthis Hermonthis / Egypt      
Abraham of Minūf Minūf / Egypt      
'Abreha Ethiopia      
'Abreham Ethiopia      
Abū Jirjah Sakhā / Egypt      
Acacius Caesarea / Egypt      
Achillas Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Achillas (Saint) Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Adeodatus Carthage / Tunisia      
Aedesius Ethiopia      
'Afsé Ethiopia      
Agathon (Saint) Egypt      
'Aléf Ethiopia      
Agathon of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Agathon and his Brothers Mamūnyah / Egypt      
Agathon the Stylite Tinnis / Egypt      
Agrippa Castor Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Agrippinus Carthage / Tunisia      
Agrippinus of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Alexander I Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Alexander of Lycopolis Lycopolis / Egypt      
Alexandra Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Ambrosius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Ammonas Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Ammonius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Ammonius of Tūnah Tūnah / Egypt      
Amphilochius of Iconium Iconium / Egypt      
Amun Nitria / Egypt      
Anaeb Ethiopia      
Anastasia Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Anastasius (patriarch) Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Anatolius Egypt      
Andronicus Egypt      
Anianus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Annianus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Anthony of Egypt (A) Qimān / Egypt FR    
Antony of Egypt (B) Qimān / Egypt      
Anub Naesi / Egypt      
Apaiule and Tolemaeus Egypt      
Apelles Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Aphu Oxyrhynchus / Egypt      
Apoli Egypt      
Apollo the Shepherd Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Apollonius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Apollonius and Philemon Egypt      
Apollos Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Aquilinus Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Archellides Palestine      
Ari Shatanūf / Egypt      
Arianus Egypt      
'Ariat Ethiopia      
Arius Egypt FR    
Arsenius of Scetis and Turah Scetis / Lower Egypt      
'Asbeha Ethiopia      
Ascla Shmūn / Egypt      
Athanasius I (A)* Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Athanasius I (B)* Alexandria / Lower Egypt FR*    
Athanasius II Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Athanasius of Antioch Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Athanasius of Clysma Clysma / Egypt      
Augustine* Hippo / Proconsularis / Tunisia FR*    
Avilius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      

B

"Barnabas" Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Barsanuphius Egypt      
Basil the Great Caesarea / Cappadocia      
Basilides Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Bazén Ethiopia      
Benjamin I Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Besa Akhmīm / Egypt      
Besamon Egypt      
Bessarion Scetis / Lower Egypt      

C

Camoul Kellia / Egypt      
Carpocrates Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Cassian, John Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Catherine of Alexandria Egypt      
Celadion Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Celestinus of Rome Rome      
Celsus Egypt      
Cerdon Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Chairemon of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Christodoros of Coptos Egypt      
Cittinus Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Clement of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Colluthus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Constantine Asyūt / Upper Egypt      
Constantine I Rome      
Cornelius Egypt      
Cosmas Indicopleustes (A) Egypt / Ethiopia      
Cosmas Indicopleustes (B) Egypt / Ethiopia      
Cyprian Carthage / Tunisia      
Cyprian the Magician Egypt      
Cyriacus al-Bahnasā / Egypt      
Cyril I (A) Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Cyril I (B) Alexandria / Lower Egypt      

D

Damian Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Daniel of Scetis Scetis / Lower Egypt      
Demetrius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Desert People Egypt      
Didymus the Blind Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Dimyānah and her Forty Virgins al-Maymah / Egypt      
Dionysius the Great Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Dioscorus Damanhūr / Egypt      
Dioscorus I Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Dioscorus II Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Dioscorus of Aphrodito Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Donata Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      

E

'Edna Ethiopia      
Éfrém Soreyawi Ethiopia      
Elias of Samhūd Farshūt / Lower Egypt      
'Ellä-Améda II Ethiopia      
'Ellä-Gäbäz Ethiopia      
Eôn Ethiopia      
Ephraem Syrus Nisibis/ Egypt      
Epima Oxyrhynchus/ Egypt      
Epimachus of Pelusium Pelusium / Egypt      
Epiphanes Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Esba'él Ethiopia      
Eumenes Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Eumenius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Eunuch of Ethiopia Ethiopia      
Euphrosyna Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Euprepius Ethiopia      
Eusebius Egypt      
Eusebius of Caesarea Israel      
Eustathius and Theopista Egypt      
Evagrius Ponticus Egypt      
'Ézana (A) Ethiopia      
'Ézana (B) Ethiopia      
'Ézana (C) Ethiopia      

F

Febronia Egypt      
Felicitas and Perpetua* Carthage / Tunisia FR*    
Felix (A) Tunisia / Egypt      
Felix (B) Tunisia / Egypt      
Forty-Nine Martyrs of Scetis Egypt      
Frumentius (A) Ethiopia      
Frumentius (B) Ethiopia FR    
Frumentius (C) Ethiopia      

G

Gäbrä Mäsqäl Ethiopia      
Gaianus Egypt      
Gärima Ethiopia      
Gédéwon Ethiopia      
Gelasius Carthage / Tunisia      
Generosa Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
George Egypt      
Gregentius Ethiopia      
Gregory the Illuminator Turkey      
Guba Ethiopia      

H

Hadrā of Aswan Egypt      
Hamai of Kahyor Egypt      
Hayas Ethiopia      
Haylena-'Ab Ethiopia      
Heraclas Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Heracleon Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Heraclides Egypt      
Herai Egypt      
Herpaese and Julianus Egypt      
Hesychius Egypt      
Hesychius of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Hieracas of Leontopolis Leontopolis / Egypt      
Hor Egypt      
Hor (Apa) Egypt      
Hor of Abrahat Egypt      
Horsiesios Egypt      

IJ

Isidore Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Isidorus of Pelusium Egypt      
Isidorus of Scetis Egypt      
Issac (Saint) Egypt      
Issac of Typhre Egypt      
Jacob Baradaeus Egypt      
Januaria Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Jeremiah Egypt      
Jerome Egypt      
John I Egypt      
John II Egypt      
John IV the Faster Egypt      
John of Antioch Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)      
John Calybites Rome      
John Chrysostom Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)      
John Colobos Egypt      
John of Ephesus Ephesus (modern Selçuk, Turkey)      
John, Hegumenos of Scetis Scetis / Lower Egypt      
John of Lycopolis Asyūt / Upper Egypt      
John of Mayuma Egypt      
John of Nikiou Egypt      
John of Pake Pake / Middle Egypt      
John of Parallos Parallos / Lower Egypt      
John Sabas Egypt      
John of Shmūn Shmūn / Egypt      
John and Symeon Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Joore Jinjeb / Egypt      
Joseph of Bishwāw Qift / Egypt      
Jovian Rome      
Julian Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Julian (1) Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey) / Alexandria (Lower Egypt)      
Julian (Evangelist) Egypt      
Julian the Apostate Rome      
Julius Cassianus Egypt      
Justin I Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)      
Justin II Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)      
Justinian Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)      
Justus Alexandria / Egypt      
Justus (Saint) Egypt      

K

Kaléb (A) Ethiopia      
Kaléb (B) Ethiopia      
Krajon and Amun Egypt      

L

Lacaron Egypt      
Lactantius North Africa      
Laetanius Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Latson, Apa Egypt      
Leo I the Great Rome      
Leonides Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Leontius of Tripoli Syria      
Libanius Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)      
Libanos Ethiopia      
Liqanos Ethiopia      
Longinus Egypt      
Lucian of Antioch Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)      
Lucitas Carthage / Tunisia      

M

Macarius Egypt      
Macarius Alexandrinus Egypt      
Macarius the Egyptian Egypt      
Macarius of Tkow Egypt      
Macrobius Egypt      
Mahadayas Ethiopia      
Makeda Ethiopia      
Manasseh Egypt      
Marcellus Egypt      
Marcianus Egypt      
Mark Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Mark the Evangelist (A) Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Mark the Evangelist (B) Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Marqus al-Antūnī Egypt      
Mary of Alexandria Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Mary the Egyptian Egypt      
Mäta Ethiopia      
Mattéwos Ethiopia      
Mätto Mäsqäl Ethiopia      
Meropius Ethiopia      
Militiades Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Minas Ethiopia      
Monica (A) Tagaste / Numidia / Algeria FR    
Monica (B) Tagaste / Numidia / Algeria      
Musa Ethiopia      
Mygdon [Miggin] Carthage / Tunisia      

N

Namphanio Carthage / Tunisia      
Nartzalus Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Navigius Tagaste / Numidia / Algeria      

O

Origen Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Orosius, Paulus Hippo / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
'Os Ethiopia      
Ousas Ethiopia      

P

Pachomius Upper Egypt      
Pantaenus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Päntäléwon Ethiopia      
Patricius Tagaste / Numidia / Algeria      
Pétros Ethiopia      
Pétros (Abba) Ethiopia      
Philo Judaeus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Pierius Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Primus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      

QR

Qérelos (Abunä) Ethiopia      
Qozmos Ethiopia      

S

The Sadqan Ethiopia      
Samae [Sammae/Saname] Carthage / Tunisia      
Sayzana Ethiopia      
Secunda Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Shenoute Atripe / Thebais I / Egypt      
Simon Cyrenaica / Libya      
Speratus Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      

T

Tertullian Carthage / Tunisia      
Theodotos Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Theophilus Ethiopia      
Trypho Alexandria / Lower Egypt      

UV

Valentinus Alexandria / Lower Egypt      
Vestia Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Veturius Scillium / Proconsularis / Tunisia      
Victor Carthage / Tunisia      
Victor of Vita Vita / Byzacena / Tunisia      

WX

         

Y

Yäm'ata Ethiopia      
Yared (A) Ethiopia      
Yared (B) Ethiopia      
Yem'ata Ethiopia      
Yeshaq, Abba Ethiopia      
Yohannes or Johannes Ethiopia      
Yohanni Ethiopia      

Z

Zä-'Ellä-'Asfeha Ethiopia      
Za-Mika'el 'Aragawi (A) Ethiopia      
Za-Mika'el 'Aragawi (B) Ethiopia      
Zonaenus Ethiopia