death_date death_place birth_place feast_day venerated_in birth_date titles article_title name
357 scetes , egypt mariotis , egypt 4th of october -lrb- 20 pashons -rrb- coptic roman catholic church orthodox church eastern orthodox churches oriental orthodox churches 295 hermit saint amun
 saint ammon
saint amun

ammon or amun was 4th-century a saint and hermit of egypt .
he was one of the most venerated ascetics of the nitrian desert , and saint athanasius mentions him in his life of saint anthony .
his name is the same as that of the ancient egyptian god amun .
according to his legend , he was forced into marriage at the age of 20 and persuaded his wife , on their wedding night , to embrace a vow of chastity .
the two lived together for 18 years in celibacy , and then he left to become a monk in the nitrian desert , while she founded a convent in her own house .
he cooperated with saint anthony and gathered his monks under his direct supervision , thus forming a monastery from sole hermits .
traditionally , he is supposed to have been the first hermit to have established a monastery , known as kellia , near nitria .
this is by no means verifiable , but it is more certain that amun 's piety and fame drew others to the region .
he is considered to have died at the age of 62 years .
his feast day is october 4 in the eastern orthodox , byzantine catholic , and roman catholic churches .
his feast in the coptic orthodox church is on 20 pashons .
