# Desert Fathers

> early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt beginning around the third century AD

**Wikidata**: [Q1066990](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066990)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Fathers)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/desert-fathers


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora