15th January - Saint Paul the Hermit - Independent Catholic News

15th January - Saint Paul the Hermit - Independent Catholic News: Saint Paul the Hermit is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He was born in 228 AD. The Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit, was composed in Latin by Saint Jerome, around 376. According to Jerome, Paul fled to the Theban desert as a boy during the persecution of Decius and Valerianus around AD 250. At that time Paul and his married sister, both of whom lived in the Thebaid, lost their parents.