Saturday, January 24, 2015

Egyptian hermit and miracle worker



St. Apollo
 
Image of St. Apollo

Facts

Feastday: January 25
Death: 395

Egyptian hermit, founder, and miracle worker. Apollo was born in Egypt and spent forty years in the desert region around Thebes. He then founded a community of monks in Hermopol, Egypt, ultimately numbering five hundred, and became their abbot. Apollo was eighty years old when he made this foundation. He was noted for his miracles.

No comments:

Post a Comment