Saint Fana
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Saint Fana
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Saint Fana, also known as Abu Fana, Abu Fanah, or Apa Bane was a Coptic hermit. The Monastery of Saint Fana in the diocese of Mallawi, Upper Egypt, is named after him. Saint Fana was born to a Christian family in Memphis, Egypt. He became an anchorite due to the inspiration of the Western Desert hermits he visited as a young man. Ancient sources such as Sozomen's Church Hisotory make reference to a hermit called Benus or Banus who can be identified as Saint Fana, and who lived in the area where
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Egyptian saint
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fana
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2024-04-14T01:53:37Z
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