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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Nilammon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-nilammon/>