Moses the Black

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Christian monk Christian saint Desert Father Ethiopian Christian ascetic former bandit hermit

Moses the Black was a 4th-century Ethiopian desert monk and former bandit who became a renowned Christian ascetic and saint among the Desert Fathers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Moses of Ethiopia	1
Moses the Ethiopian	1
Moses the Robber	1
Moses the Strong	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monk ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ Desert Father ⓘ Ethiopian Christian ⓘ ascetic ⓘ former bandit ⓘ hermit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Abba Moses ⓘ Moses the Black ⓘ surface form: Moses of Ethiopia Moses the Black ⓘ surface form: Moses the Ethiopian Moses the Black ⓘ surface form: Moses the Robber Moses the Black ⓘ surface form: Moses the Strong
associatedWith	Egyptian desert monasticism ⓘ Desert Fathers ⓘ surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
birthPlace	Ethiopia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	4th century ⓘ
convertedFrom	banditry ⓘ
deathCause	killed by Berber raiders ⓘ
deathManner	martyrdom ⓘ
diedIn	Scetis ⓘ
ethnicity	Ethiopian ⓘ
feastDay	1 July (some Western calendars) ⓘ 28 August (Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox) ⓘ
historicalRegion	Byzantine Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
knownFor	Christian asceticism ⓘ humility ⓘ leadership among the Desert Fathers ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ repentance ⓘ
languageContext	Coptic Christian tradition ⓘ
ledCommunityAt	monastery in Scetis ⓘ
legacy	model of repentance in Christian spirituality ⓘ
livedIn	Nitrian Desert ⓘ surface form: Egyptian desert Scetis ⓘ
mentorOf	many desert monks ⓘ
notableTeaching	radical forgiveness ⓘ refusal to resist violence with violence ⓘ
occupationBeforeConversion	bandit ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder	Desert monasticism ⓘ
spiritualRole	abbot ⓘ elder ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moses the Black → alsoKnownAs → Moses the Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moses of Ethiopia

Moses the Black → alsoKnownAs → Moses the Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moses the Ethiopian

Moses the Black → alsoKnownAs → Moses the Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moses the Robber

Moses the Black → alsoKnownAs → Moses the Black ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moses the Strong

Desert Fathers → notableMember → Moses the Black ⓘ