Saint Palaemon of Thebaid

Also known as

• Palamon
• Palemon

Memorial

• 11 January

Profile

During the persecutions of Diocletian, he sought refuge in the deserts of Upper Egypt, and became one of the earliest Egyptian desert hermits. Friend and spiritual director of Saint Pachomius of Tabenna. Worked to develop the spiritual lives of other desert hermits by bringing them together; this was part of the foundation of Christian monasticism.

Died

• 325 at Tabennisi, Egypt

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• old hermit carding fleece
• with Saint Pachomius of Tabenna

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Palaemon of Thebaid“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>