Saint Abraham the Poor | |
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Hermit | |
Born | c. 4th century Menuf, Egypt |
Died | 372 |
Feast | 27 October |
Attributes | an old hermit clothed in skins and sporting a blowing beard; in his cell with his niece Mary in an adjoining cell [1] |
Abraham the Poor (also Saint Abraham the Child and Abraham the Simple) was a fourth-century Egyptian hermit and a saint.
Born in the town of Menuf, he became a disciple of Pachomius, who founded cenobitic monasticism, in the delta region of the Nile River. He remained a disciple of Pachomius for 23 years, after which he spent the following seventeen years as a cave hermit. [1] His nicknames of "the poor" and "the child" refer to his simple life and simple faith. [1] His feast day is celebrated on 27 October.