- Paphnutius the Ascetic
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prayer_attrib=Saint Paphnutius the Ascetic (also known as Paphnutius the Hermit) was an Egyptian
anchorite of the fourth century. He is most famous for his accounts of the lives of many hermits of the Egyptian desert, such asSaint Onuphrius .His feast is celebrated on 15
Meshir in theCoptic Orthodox Church .He was visited by Cassian in 395, when he was ninety. [CathEncy|wstitle=Paphnutius]
He is also the subject of a play by
Hrosvit (ca. 935-ca. 1001), a Benedictine nun fromSaxony , in which he converts the courtesan Thais to Christianity. This play in turn has become the subject of study, most notably by Sandro Sticca.References
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