Tag: Pelusium
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03 Works, Today, February 4th, is Saint Isidore of Pelusium’s Day, With Footnotes – 34
Isidore of Pelusium (b. 450) was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers. His parents who saw to his education. They taught him the books of the church, and the Greek language in which he excelled. He was also…