Carion the Egyptian was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th century in
Scetis,
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, ...
. He was one of the
Desert Fathers.
Carion left his wife and two children to become a monk in
Scetis. His son was
Zacharias the Recluse (also known as Zacharias of Scetis), who was sent to Scetis to become a monk with his father during a famine.
Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
References
4th-century births
4th-century deaths
Egyptian Christian monks
Saints from Roman Egypt
Eastern Catholic saints
Coptic Orthodox saints
Desert Fathers
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