Isaac of the Cells
An Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th & 5th centuries in Nitria, Lower Egypt & he was one of the Desert Fathers.
About Isaac of the Cells
Isaac of the Cells was a monk.
Isaac of the Cells (born - died after 407 AD) was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries in Nitria, Lower Egypt. He was one of the Desert Fathers.
He was a disciple of Cronius of Nitria and succeeded him in 395. However, later Archbishop Theophilus excommunicated him as an Origenist along with the Four Tall Brothers.
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An Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th & 5th centuries in Nitria, Lower Egypt & he was one of the Desert Fathers.
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Isaac of the Cells was a monk.
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