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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Pambo, monk of Nitria, ob. c. 370

Saint ID

S02850

Reported Death Not Before

370

Reported Death Not After

400

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03315Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (10), recounts the story of *Pambo (monk of Nitria, ob. c. 370, S02850) as recounted to him by other monks of Nitria (Lower Egypt) and by Melania the Elder. Before dying, he gave a basket to Melania as a keepsake. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420.