Aaron (Copt)

Aaron (Copt)

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feast_day=May 16
venerated_in=Coptic Christianity


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Aaron was a Miaphysite Coptic saint. His apocryphal legend says of him, "When he was sick, he made roasted pigeons fly into his mouth." He has a feast in the Coptic Calendar of saints on May 16.

References

*Holweck, F. G. "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.


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