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 | | Thus, these individuals believed that desert life would teach them to eschew the things of this world and allow them to follow God's call in a more deliberate and individual way. |
 | | Some of the most renowned saints of the region include Saint Amun, Saint Arsenius, Saint John the Dwarf, Saint Macarius of Egypt, Saint Macarius of Alexandria, Saint Moses the Black, Saint Pishoy, and Saint Samuel the Confessor. |
 | | The importance of the region declined with the Arab invasion of Egypt in 641 A.D. Many of the monasteries were destroyed and looted by the Arabs. |
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