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Saint Paul of Thebes, commonly known as '''Paul the First Hermit''' or '''Paul the Anchorite''' (d. c. 345 ) is regarded as the first Christian Hermit . LEGEND The legend according to Saint Jerome 's ''Vitae Patrum'' (''Vita Pauli primi eremitae'') is that Paul fled to the Theban desert during the persecution of Decius and Valerianus in c. 250. He lived in the mountains of the Theban desert in a cave near a palm tree. He ate only fruits and drank water; later a crow or raven brought him half a loaf of bread daily. Jerome further relates the meeting of Saint Anthony and Paul, when the latter was aged 113. They conversed with each other for one day and one night. When Anthony next visited him, Paul was dead. Anthony clothed him in a tunic which was a present from Saint Athanasius and buried him with the help of two lions. VENERATION His feast day is celebrated on . ICONOGRAPHY He is usually represented with a palm tree and two lions. REFERENCES
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