Petronius of Egypt

This article is about the Egyptian Christian monk. For other uses, see Gaius Petronius and Petronius (disambiguation).
Saint

Petronius
Bornc. late 3rd century AD
Egypt
ResidenceTbew
Died346
Upper Egypt
Venerated inCoptic Orthodox Church
Feast27 Abib
InfluencesPachomius the Great

Petronius, also spelled Petronios (died 346 AD), was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk who served as a superior of the Pachomian monasteries.[1]

  1. ^ Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195162234. ISBN 978-0-19-516222-6.