Abraham the Poor

Abraham the Poor (also Saint Abraham the Child and Abraham the Simple) was a fourth-century Egyptian hermit and a saint.

Saint Abraham the Poor
Hermit
Born	c. 4th century Menuf, Egypt
Died	372
Feast	27 October
Attributes	an old hermit clothed in skins and sporting a blowing beard; in his cell with his niece Mary in an adjoining cell[1]

Life

Born in the town of Menuf, he became a disciple of Pachomius, who founded cenobitic monasticism, in the delta region of the Nile River. He remained a disciple of Pachomius for 23 years, after which he spent the following seventeen years as a cave hermit.^[1] His nicknames of "the poor" and "the child" refer to his simple life and simple faith.^[1] His feast day is celebrated on 27 October.