The Eastern Cross/Library/The Life of St. Paul the First Hermit
During the persecution of Decius a young Egyptian named Paul fled into the desert and stayed there for the rest of his life. When he was very old, St. Anthony was led to his cave, and a raven brought them bread.
St. Jerome's short life is one of the loveliest stories of the desert.
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Translated by W. H. Fremantle, with G. Lewis and W. G. Martley, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 6 (1893), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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