Moses the Black
Approx. 330 AD — 405 AD · Feast day: August 28
Moses the Black was an Ethiopian former slave turned bandit-king who became one of Egypt's most revered Desert Fathers. After a violent youth of murder and robbery, he entered the Sketis desert and transformed utterly — becoming a monk, priest, and martyr who died in 405 AD without raising a hand against the raiders who killed him.