Venerable (Monastic) · 14th century
Venerable Niphon of Mount Athos
Also known as Niphon the Athonite
The son of a priest who gave himself to stillness on the Holy Mountain, struggling many years as a hermit and priest in unceasing prayer.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints