Venerable
Vitimius of Egypt
Venerable monk of Egypt, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Vitimius of Egypt (Vitim or Vitimion) was an Egyptian ascetic of the fourth and fifth centuries.
He is mentioned in the collection "Apophthegmata Patrum" (Sayings of the Fathers), lived in a skete and was a contemporary of Venerable Macarius the Great, Poemen the Great and Achilles of Scetis. The source we draw on says no more.
The saint is commemorated on 13 March (a movable date, new style) in the Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers who shone in ascetic labor.