Pishoy
Bishoy of Scetis (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ Abba Pišoi; Greek: Ὅσιος Παΐσιος ὁ Μέγας; 320 – 417 AD), known in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria as the Star of the Desert and the Beloved of our Good Savior, was a Coptic Desert Father. He is said to have seen Jesus, and been bodily preserved to the present day via incorruptibility at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Nitrian Desert, Egypt. He is venerated by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is known in the latter under the Greek version of his name, Paisios.
Saint Bishoy (Paisios the Great) | |
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Coptic Icon of St. Bishoy, including scenes from his life | |
| Bishoy, Star of the Desert, Beloved of our Good Savior | |
| Born | 320 Shansa, Egypt |
| Died | 15 July 417 Mountain of Ansena, Egypt |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Churches Eastern Catholic Church Oriental Orthodox Churches |
| Major shrine | Monastery of Saint Bishoy Scetes, Egypt |
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| Attributes | Monk carrying Jesus, Monk washing the feet of Jesus |
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