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St. Ammon, also called Amun or Amus. One of the desert fathers. Lived with his wife for 18 years as brother and sister, after which he became a hermit in Nitria and she also became a monk. Fourth-century Egypt.

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For All the Saints

Brief paragraph on St. Ammon the Great.

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The Ecole Glossary

Short biography of St. Ammonas, by Karen Rae Keck.

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