Palamon of Egypt

Saint Palamon of Egypt lived in the fourth century and struggled in the desert near the city of Thebes in Upper Egypt. He is known above all as the spiritual father of Saint Pachomius the Great, whom he also tonsured as a monk.

Part of the relics of Saint Palamon are kept in the Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Fort Myers, in the American state of Florida. He is commemorated on 13 March (a movable date), in the new style, in the Synaxis of all the venerable fathers who shone in ascetic labour.