Sarah of the Desert

Amma Sarah of the Desert (5th century) was an early Desert Mother who is known to us today solely through the collected sayings of the Desert Fathers. Amma Sarah was a hermit and lived a life dedicated to strict asceticism for some sixty years. She is said to have dwelt in a monastic cell, likely near the river Nile; a river at which she would never look. Sarah's sayings attest that the saint spent her life battling a demon that tempted her to fornication. Records indicate that Amma Sarah lived near Sketis in the early to mid-5th century.[1]

Amma Sarah is commemorated 13 July in the Eastern Christian Churches and Roman Catholic Church.

See also

Saints portal

• Amma Syncletica
• Mary of Egypt
• Theoctiste of Lesbos

References

• Saint Pachomius library
• Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest
• Orthodox icons
• Catholic Online