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'''Saint Pachomius the Great''', born around 292 near Thebes, Egypt, founded cenobitic monasticism, creating the first communal monastery at Tabennisi c. 320. A pagan-turned-Christian after army conscription, he was baptized c. 314 and trained as a hermit before an angel’s vision urged him to build a community. His | '''Saint Pachomius the Great''', born around 292 near Thebes, [[Egypt]], founded cenobitic monasticism, creating the first communal monastery at Tabennisi c. 320. A pagan-turned-Christian after army conscription, he was baptized c. 314 and trained as a hermit before an angel’s vision urged him to build a community. His Rule—balancing work, prayer, and discipline—grew nine monasteries, housing thousands by his death from plague on May 9, 348. His system, influencing Benedict, reshaped desert spirituality, blending solitude with shared life. | ||
Canonized pre-Congregation, Pachomius’s feast day, May 9, is honored in the West (May 15 in Coptic tradition), with no surviving shrine—his Tabennisi relics lost. Patron of monks, his legacy—via Coptic vitae—lives in his | Canonized pre-Congregation, Pachomius’s feast day, May 9, is honored in the West (May 15 in Coptic tradition), with no surviving shrine—his Tabennisi relics lost. Patron of monks, his legacy—via Coptic vitae—lives in his Rule, translated by [[Saint Jerome]]. Venerated in Catholic and Coptic churches, Pachomius’s vision of ordered monasticism endures, a desert father whose communal ideal fortified early Christianity. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||