Saint Amun


Ammonas
Desert Father
Venerable, Hermit
Born294
Mariotis, Egypt, Roman Empire
Died356 (aged 62 years)
Scetes, Egypt, Roman Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Feast20 Pashons (i.e. 15 May Julian Calendar)
4 October (Byzantine Christianity)
8 November (Episcopal Church)

Ammon, Amun (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ), Ammonas (Greek: Ἀμμώνας), Amoun (Ἀμοῦν), or Ammonius the Hermit (/əˈmniəs/; Greek: Ἀμμώνιος) was a 4th-century Christian ascetic and the founder of one of the most celebrated monastic communities in Egypt.[1] He was subsequently declared a saint. He was one of the most venerated ascetics of the Nitrian Desert, and Athanasius of Alexandria mentions him in his life of Anthony the Great.

  1. ^ Christie, Albany James (1867). "Ammonas". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 145.