Nilammon

Nilammon was an Egyptian hermit of Pelusium in the 5th century, who died in 404 according to the archive record. He is believed to have been chosen bishop of Geres, but he refused. He then shut himself in his cell and died praying on his feet, while dozens of people begged him outside the cell to reconsider his decision. He is commemorated on 6 June, in the Western calendar (new style), and is one of the one hundred and forty saints of the colonnade of Saint Peter's Square. A saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.