Carpasius

Saint Carpasius, a holy monk, lived in Gaul in the 4th and 5th centuries. He loved the monastic life and struggled as a hermit on the Lérins islands. There he became spiritually linked with Saint Honoratus and his elder brother, Saint Venantius. Together they visited the monastic communities of the East, to meet holy ascetics and learn from their lives.

During the pilgrimage Venantius reposed in Greece, and the other two returned to their hermitage. Honoratus founded a monastery there and, after being elected bishop, appointed Carpasius abbot (in the source, Carpathius). Carpasius lived in a way pleasing to God and reposed in peace in the year 430. He is commemorated on 1 June, by the Western calendar (new style). He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.