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Theodorus

7 January · commentary
Latin source: Heiligenlexikon
St. Theodore, an Egyptian monk who flourished in the time of Constantine the Great (4th century). He was a disciple of St. Ammonius and is mentioned in the lives of Saints Antony and Pachomius, distinct from the Theodore venerated on December 28. 4th century

ON ST. THEODORE, MONK IN EGYPT

Commentary

Theodore, Monk in Egypt (St.)

The memory of Theodore the Egyptian monk is celebrated in the Roman Martyrology on the 7th of the Ides of January January 7: "In Egypt, Blessed Theodore the Monk, who flourished in holiness in the time of Constantine the Great." St. Theodore, disciple of St. Ammonius. St. Athanasius mentions him in his Life of St. Antony, namely in Chapter 30 of the Rosweydus edition, where he is recorded as having been the companion of St. Ammonius when, while crossing the river Lycus and not wishing to bare his body, he was transported by divine power — as we shall relate on January 17 and on October 4 in the life of St. Ammonius. He is also mentioned in the life of St. Pachomius on May 14. Baronius in his Notes to the Martyrology says he was a disciple of St. Antony; but this is not found in the cited lives of St. Antony and St. Pachomius. In the Paradise of Heraclides, Chapter 2, and in the Lausiac History of Palladius, Chapter 8, he is expressly said to have been a disciple of St. Ammonius. He is different from the Theodore who is venerated on December 28 and was a disciple of St. Pachomius.