Venerable (Monastic) · 4th century
Venerable Ammon of Egypt
Also known as Ammon of Nitria
A married man who, by agreement with his wife, lived in continence and later became a desert monk and a founder of monastic life in Nitria.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints