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Life of St. Moses the Black - English
URL: http://www.premontre.org/subpages/loci/zzzlocalsites/lsjackson/stmosesbio.htm

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One of the more exciting of the early monks in the period of desert Christian monasticism was a Black African (Nubian) now honored as St. Moses the Black. The Lausiac History of Palladius is the main historical source for his life. There is also an account found in the "Bibliotheca Sanctorum" by J. W. Sauget, and approximately 49 apophthegmata found in "The Desert Christian" by Sr. Benedicta Ward. The life of Moses is well documented.

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St. Moses the Black - St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church Web Site - English
URL: http://www.stmaryofegypt.net/saints_moses.shtml

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St. Moses the Black was a former gang leader, murderer, and thief in ancient Africa. However, he became a model of transformation. His is one of the most inspiring stories among the African saints.

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St. Moses the Black - English
URL: http://www.ains.net.au/~johnh/Album/Saints/St_Moses.htm

St Moses was born at around the 4th century AD. He was a Abyssinian (Nubian) slave, idolater, killer, and robber. He was not convinced of himself and was not satisfied with the things he was doing, so he began to search for the one eternal God of the Universe, and often asked himself if it was the sun, and it came to pass, a coptic farmer guided him to go to the Sheheet Wilderness where he would find monks to teach him about the living God, and so our saint made his way through the wilderness, and met his spiritual father St Isedorous the priest of the monastery cells.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Moses the Black - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm34.htm

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Also known as Moses the Ethiopian Memorial 28 August Profile Born into slavery to an Egyptian official's family. An unruly thief, he was driven from the house and fell in with a band of robbers. On the run, he took refuge with hermits at the monastery of Petra in the desert of Skete, Egypt. He was converted and joined them as a monk. Priest.

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