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Saint Paphnutius the Ascetic (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲫⲛⲟⲩϯ) also known as Paphnutius the Hermit was an Egyptian anchorite of the fourth century. He is most famous for his accounts of the lives of many hermits of the Egyptian desert such as Saint Onuphrius.His feast is celebrated on 15 Meshir in the Coptic Orthodox Church.He was visited by Cassian in 395 when he was ninety.He is also the subject of the play Paphnutius by Hrosvit (ca. 935-ca.