Saint Nilammon

Memorial

• 6 June

Profile

Hermit. His reputation for holiness spread, and he was chosen to be a bishop, but felt so unworthy that he barricaded himself in his cell to avoid the bishops sent to consecrate him.

Born

• Egyptian

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nilammon“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 January 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>