Abraham the Poor

Abraham the Poor

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name=Abraham the Poor
birth_date=4th century
death_date=372
feast_day=27 October
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birth_place=Menuf, Egypt
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attributes=an old hermit clothed in skins and sporting a blowing beard; in his cell with his niece Mary in an adjoining cellcite web | last = Jones | first = Terry | title = Abraham the Poor| work = Patron Saints Index | url=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintaaa.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-28]
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Saint Abraham the Poor (also Saint Abraham the Child) was a fourth century Egyptian hermit. His nicknames of "the poor" and "the child" refer to his simple life and simple faith.

Born in the town of Menuf, he became of disciple of Saint Pachomius, who founded cenobitic monasticism, in the Delta river region of the Nile River. He remained a disciple of Saint Pachomius for 23 years, after which he spent the following seventeen as a cave hermit. His feast day is celebrated on October 27.

Notes

References

*Holweck, F. G., "A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints". St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

External links

* http://www.catholicwww.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintaaa.htm


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