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Paul of Thebes

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[[Image:StPauleTheHermitWithStAnthonyTheGreat.jpg|thumb|Coptic icon of St. Paule the Hermit (left, with a tunic made of palm tree fiber) with St. Anthony the Great - Note the raven bringing them a loaf of bread (top of the icon, in between the two saints), and the two lions near the bottom left of the icon]] On the 2nd of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshir Amshir] 341 A.D. (= February 9/10 or [[January 15]] (West)), the great saint '''Abba Paul (Paule, Pauli, Paulus, Pavly or Pavlos), the First [[Hermit]]''', departed. This saint, also known as '''Paul of Thebes, the Theban and the Anchorite''', was born c. 230 A.D., and had a brother whose name was Peter.

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