| Intro | Desert dwelling monk |
| Is | Monk |
| From | Egypt |
| Type | Religion |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
Egypt, Egypt |
| Death |
Thebes, Egypt |
Venerable Elias the Hermit was a desert dwelling monk of the fourth century AD. He led the ascetic life for nearly eighty years in a mountain cave of Egypt. He is recorded to have lived 110 years.
Venerable Elias the Hermit, of Egypt is commemorated 8 January by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.