MARIE2 (saint). Mary the Egyptian, fl. A.D. 344-421, led a life of pleasure as a prostitute in Alexandria. She was converted when she made a pilgrimage to Palestine, and she then lived a devout life in a cave in the desert for forty-seven years (Legenda aurea LVI).
The Man of Law compares Custance's preservation to that of Mary the Egyptian, MLT 498-504.
Marie, the French form and a pronunciation variant, appears medially, MLT 500.