Carion the Egyptian was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived during the 4th century in Scetis, Lower Egypt.
[1] Carion left his wife and two children to become a monk in Scetis.
His son was Zacharias the Recluse (also known as Zacharias of Scetis), who was sent to Scetis to become a monk with his father during a famine.
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