Daniel was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th century in the desert of
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.
He was a disciple and biographer of
Arsenius the Great.
Daniel was a disciple of Arsenius up to his death in 449 A.D.
References
4th-century births
5th-century deaths
Egyptian Christian monks
Saints from Roman Egypt
Coptic Orthodox saints
Desert Fathers
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