Paul the Simple

Saint Paul the Simple
Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II
Hermit
Born	ad 225 Egypt
Died	ad 339 Egypt
Venerated in	Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion
Feast	March 7

St. Paul the Simple of Egypt (d. ad. 339) was a hermit and disciple of St. Anthony the Great.^[1] St. John, the Abbot of Sinai wrote "Paul the Simple was a clear example for us, for he was the rule and type of blessed simplicity."^[2] Though contemporaries, he is not to be confused with St. Paul of Thebes, regarded as the First Hermit. The account of his life is found in Palladius of Helenopolis De Vitis Patrum 8,28 and Tyrannius Rufinus Historia Eremitica 31.