Paul of Tammah

Saint

Paul of Tammah
Hermit
Born4th century
Egypt
DiedOctober 17th, 415
Mountain of Ansena, Egypt
Venerated inOriental Orthodoxy
Major shrineMonastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt
FeastOctober 4 (O.S.) = Paopi 7, currently falls on October 17 (N.S.)

Paul of Tammah (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲉⲙⲧⲁⲙⲙⲟϩ) (died October 17, 415 AD) was an Egyptian saint who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries AD.[1] He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

  1. ^ Suciu, Alin (2017). "Sitting in the Cell: The Literary Development of an Ascetic Praxis in Paul of Tamma's Writings. With an Edition of Some Hitherto Unknown Fragments of De Cella". Journal of Theological Studies. 68 (1): 141–171. doi:10.1093/jts/flx083.