Serapion of Thmuis | |
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Born | 300 Egypt (region) |
Hometown | Thmuis, modern day Tell el-Timai |
Residence | Nitria |
Died | c. 360 Nitria, Egypt |
Honored in | Eastern Orthodox Church Coptic Church |
Feast | March 7 (Coptic) March 21 (Eastern)[1] |
Attributes | Bishop of Thmuis, quoted in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers |
Influences | Anthony the Great |
Major works | Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis |
Serapion of Nitria, (Greek: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион) Serapion of Thmuis, also spelled Sarapion, or Serapion the Scholastic was an early Christian monk and bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt (modern-day Tell el-Timai), born in the 4th century.[2] He is notable for fighting alongside Athanasius of Alexandria against Arianism.[3]