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Saint Paphnutius of Egypt

24 September

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Hermit. During the persecutions of Diocletian, Paphnutius came out of the wilderness to stand with his fellow Christians. Martyr.

tortured on a rack then hanged from a palm tree in 303 in Egypt

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Roman Martyrology

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

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