RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Onuphrius

320 - 400

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Onuphrius (also Onoufrios; Greek: Ὀνούφριος, romanized: Onouphrios) lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Venerable Onuphrius in Eastern Orthodoxy, and as Saint Nofer the Anchorite in Oriental Orthodoxy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Onuphrius is the 669th most popular religious figure (down from 598th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Ethiopian Religious Figure.

Onuphrius is most famous for being the author of a collection of prayers and meditations, the Philokalia.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Onuphrius ranks 669 out of 3,187. Before him are Zebedee, Saint Eustace, Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Korah, Scholastica, and Edward the Confessor. After him are Truganini, Mahākāśyapa, Flavian of Constantinople, Lydia of Thyatira, Jael, and Richard Williamson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 320, Onuphrius ranks 3. Before him are Constans, and Aurelius Victor. After him are Eutropius, Aelius Donatus, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, Firmus, Pishoy, and Flavian I of Antioch. Among people deceased in 400, Onuphrius ranks 2. Before him is Vasubandhu. After him are Heliodorus of Emesa, Eutropius, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Thaïs, Eustathius of Antioch, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Julius Firmicus Maternus, Faustina, Gaius Julius Solinus, and Varazdat.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Onuphrius ranks 13 out of 105. Before him are Yohannes IV (1837), Abraha (600), Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895). After him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), and Fasilides (1603).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ethiopia

Among religious figures born in Ethiopia, Onuphrius ranks 1. After him are Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (1948), Zara Yaqob (1399), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), and Genesius of Rome (250).

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