Saint Pachomius (Greek: Παχώμιος ca. 292–348) also known as Pachome and Pakhomius (/pəˈkoʊmiəs/) is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. Coptic churches celebrate his feast day on 9 May and Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches mark his feast on 15 May. In the Lutheran Church the saint is remembered as a renewer of the church along with his contemporary (and fellow desert saint) Anthony of Egypt on January 17.
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birth date
0292-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Thebes Egypt
death date
0348-05-09
death place
Egypt
LCCN Id
n/50/051557
venerated in
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholic Churches
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