 Coptic icon of St. Paul the Hermit (on the left, in a tunic made of palm fibre) with St. Anthony the Great. Note the raven, top centre, and the lions. Saint Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d. c. 345) is regarded as the first Christian hermit. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (515x722, 90 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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// Events James was happy for once hehe what Births John Chrysostom, Christian bishop and preacher Deaths Pachomius, early monasticist (approximate date) Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Roman priest (or 352). ...
A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ...
A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ...
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The legend according to Saint Jerome's Vitae Patrum (Vita Pauli primi eremitae) is that Paul fled to the Theban desert during the persecution of Decius and Valerianus in c. 250. He lived in the mountains of the Theban desert in a cave near a palm tree. He ate only fruits and drank water; later a crow or raven brought him half a loaf of bread daily. , by Albrecht Dürer Saint Jerome (ca. ...
Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201- July 1, 251), Roman emperor (249 - 251), was born at Budalia near Sirmium in lower Pannonia. ...
Publius Licinius Valerianus (Latin: IMPERATOR CAESAR PVBLIVS LICINIVS VALERIANVS · PIVS FELIX · INVICTVS AVGVSTVS)¹ (ca. ...
Jerome further relates the meeting of Saint Anthony and Paul, when the latter was aged 113. They conversed with each other for one day and one night. When Anthony next visited him, Paul was dead. Anthony clothed him in a tunic which was a present from Saint Athanasius and buried him with the help of two lions. Saint Anthony the Great, Father of all Monks Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356), also known as Saint Anthony of Egypt, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Saint Anthony the Anchorite, and The Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint and the outstanding leader among the Desert Fathers, who were...
Athanasius of Alexandria (also spelled Athanasios) (298–May 2, 373) was a Christian bishop, the Patriarch of Alexandria, in the fourth century. ...
Veneration His feast day is celebrated on January 10 in the west, and on January 5 or January 15 in the east. Saint Anthony described him as "the first monk". The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit was founded in his honour: see Pauline Fathers. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Pauline Fathers are more formally known as the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Ordo Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitæ). This name is derived from the hermit Saint Paul of Thebes (d. ...
Iconography He is usually represented with a palm tree and two lions.
References - Oxford Dictionary of Saints, ed D. H. Farmer. OUP 2004.
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