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Palaemon
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 25 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
330
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Tabennisi in the Thebaid in Egypt, Saint Palaemon, anchorite, devoted to prayer and to continual penance, and teacher of Saint Pachomius.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 January as an anchorite in Egypt and the teacher of Pachomius.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6058822 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.