Lot of Egypt

Saint

Lot of Egypt
Bornc. fourth or fifth century
Egypt
Diedc. fifth century
Egypt
Venerated inOrthodox Church
FeastOctober 22
AttributesCharity, Humility
InfluencesAbba Peter
InfluencedSt. Joseph of Panephysis

Abba Lot was an Egyptian Orthodox Christian monk and saint who lived around the 4th and 5th centuries in a monastery[1] near Arsinoe (Al-Fayoum), lower Egypt, by a marshy lake.[2] Abba Lot "...directed many brethren on the path to salvation."[1] He was one of the Desert Fathers.[2]

Abba Lot died peacefully[1] in the fifth century.[2][1] His feast day is October 22 in the Orthodox Church.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Velimirović, Nikolaj. The prologue of Ohrid : lives of saints, hymns, reflections and homilies for every day of the year. OCLC 944525984.
  2. ^ a b c Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications. ISBN 0-87907-959-2.
  3. ^ "The Sayings of Abba Lot". Orthodox Christianity Then and Now. 1936-06-05. Retrieved 2021-11-15.