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Pachomius
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Pachomius [pəˈkəʊmɪəs]
n
(Biographies / Pachomius, Saint (?290-346) M, Egyptian, RELIGION: hermit, RELIGION: monk, RELIGION: saint) Saint. ?290-346 ad, Egyptian hermit; founder of the first Christian monastery (318). Feast day: May 14 or 15


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The association of the activities performed in the bake-house to this nocturnal period of monastic life is possible, given the analogy with modern times when baking usually takes place at night; the absence of explicit signs for utensils and tools used in the premises may imply that the imposition of silence did not extend to this dependency, although the fourth century Rule of St.
Anthony of Egypt, died 356) and the hermits living alone (anchorites) gave way to hermits living together (coenobitic communities), especially those inspired by St.
 
 
 
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