Moses the Black (330–405)

Former brigand turned desert father, model of humility and repentance. Moses the Black, also known as Moses the Strong, Moses the Robber, and Moses the Nubian, was a Nubian ascetic hieromonk in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a Desert Father. He is highly venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. According to stories about him, he converted from a life of crime to one of asceticism. He is mentioned in Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History, written about 70 years after Moses's death.