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SAINT MARY OF EGYPT 9444 From the time she was 12 years old, St. Mary spent 17 years as a prostitute in Alexandria, Egypt. However when she went to the Holy Land she was held back, by an invisible force, unable to enter the Holy Sepulchre on the day of the Elevation of the Cross. Realizing it was because of her sinful life, she pledged to the Virgin Mary through her icon to repent. She left everything and went to live as an ascetic hermit in the desert for 48 years.

Feast Days: 1st April and Fifth Sunday of the Fast