Herman of Bethlehem

Holy Venerable Herman of Bethlehem was a childhood friend of Venerable John Cassian the Roman and accompanied him on his pilgrimages. He was ordained a priest.

According to tradition, the two friends set out together from the monastery near Bethlehem to visit the hermits of Egypt, and Cassian's later writings present Herman as his companion at the conversations with the fathers of the desert. The calendar we rely on gives no further details.

He is commemorated on 13 March (new style, a movable day), in the Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers Who Shone in Ascetic Labour.