6th century
An Egyptian monk commemorated on May 10 (sixth century); little of his life survives.
Saint Laurence of Egypt was a monk of the sixth century, commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox calendar on May 10. Almost nothing of his life survives: the available sources record only his name, his monastic standing, his Egyptian origin, and his century.
He should not be confused with the better-known Saint Laurence (Lawrence) of Rome, the deacon and martyr commemorated on August 10, nor with the later Saint Laurence who founded a monastery on Mount Pelion near Volos in Greece (late fourteenth century), a separate figure who also appears on the May 10 calendar.
Saint Laurence belonged to the monastic communities of sixth-century Egypt, the heartland of early Christian asceticism. Beyond this, the surviving record preserves no biographical narrative — no account of his birth or repose, no named monastery or spiritual father, and no recorded ascetic deeds, relics, or miracles. He is known to the Church chiefly through his place in the synaxarion for May 10.
Laurence of Egypt appears as a one-line entry in liturgical calendars of May 10, identified simply as a monk of Egypt of the sixth century. The Orthodox Church in America's daily Lives for that date do not include him, while the Wikipedia and OrthodoxWiki listings for the day confirm his commemoration without supplying further detail. The scarcity of material reflects his genuine obscurity rather than any doubt about his veneration.
Honest stub; distinct from Laurence of Rome (Aug 10).