Everything you want to know about Onophrius can be learned from
Paphnutius' Life of Onophrius, translated by Tim Vivian and published by
Cistercian publications. Sorry for the plug; couldn't resist.
On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Mark Williams wrote:
> > * Onophrius (400?) - a hermit of the Egyptian desert - is this the saint
> > whose hair was so long that he didn't need to wear clothes?
>
> Didn't this guy make a cameo appearance in Monty Python's "Life of Brian"?
>
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