Venerable Serapion the Sindonite

Serapion the Sindonite was a Christian monk from Egypt who is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is on 7 April in the Orthodox Church. He is inscribed on the Roman Martyrology for 21 March. Serapion was an Egyptian monk who was noted for his severely ascetic practices. He lived at a time when monasticism was starting to flourish in the Egyptian wilderness. According to Alban Butler, /* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */ .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}} /* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */