ChaeremonorCherimon was an Egyptian Christian monk who lived around the 4th and 5th centuries AD in the Nitrian DesertofLower Egypt. He was one of the Desert Fathers.[1]
Chaeremon
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Born | Egypt |
Residence | Nitrian Desert |
Died | Egypt |
Feast | 16 August |
Chaeremon was an ascetic who lived in a cave. His cell was 40 stadia from the main church in Nitria and 12 stadia away from the main water supply.[1]
He is canonized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.[2]
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