1) St. Mary of Egypt lived a sinful life as a prostitute for 17 years before having a spiritual awakening while visiting Jerusalem. 2) She heard a voice telling her to cross the Jordan River, where she lived alone in the wilderness for 47 years in extreme poverty and asceticism. 3) Each year on Holy Thursday, she met with a priest named Zosimus, who brought her communion and found her body after her death, surrounded by a lion who helped dig her grave.