Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable Pimen the Great
Also known as Poemen the Great
An Egyptian desert father whose sayings became central to monastic wisdom, who lived in strict asceticism with his brothers.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints