Chaeremon of Nitria

Venerable Chaeremon was an Egyptian monk of the Nitrian desert, in Lower Egypt, between the third and fourth centuries. He was born around the year 282 and lived after 392. He was one of the Desert Fathers. He is commemorated on 16 August.

He was an ascetic who lived in a cave. His cell was forty stadia from the main church in Nitria and twelve stadia from the main water supply. He is canonized as a saint in the Orthodox tradition.