Abraham of Scetis

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|birth_place=Egypt

|death_place=Djirdjeh, Egypt

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Abraham of Scetis was a monk who became a saint of the Coptic Church.

He was born the son of a wealthy landowner in Egypt. He is said to have had a vision of Christ riding the chariot of the Cherubim.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gms3AAAAIAAJ&dq=Abraham+of+Scetes&pg=PA475 The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church, p. 474, CUP Archive] He died after an 18 year illness at Djirdjeh. His cell, called Dshabih, later became a Christian shrine.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Abadir+and+Iraja&pg=PR31 Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints] St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. p. 5 His feast day in the Coptic Church is January 4.