Venerable (Monastic) 4th century

Venerable Mark the Anchorite of Athens

Also known as Mark of Athens · Mark the Athenian

An Athenian who studied philosophy in his youth, then after his parents' death withdrew to a remote mountain in the Egyptian desert region, living many decades as a solitary hermit.

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An Athenian who studied philosophy in his youth, then after his parents' death withdrew to a remote mountain in the Egyptian desert region, living many decades as a solitary hermit.