St. Paphnutius, the Buffalo

I was born in 305
A.D. I was an anchorite and consecrated priest in Lower Thebaid, Kemet.
Cassian came to visit me 395 A.D. I always occupied my cell, unless I attended mass Saturdays and Sundays, which was celebrated 5 miles distant.
Patriarch Theophilus condemned the theory of Anthropomorphism in a letter, 399 A.D. I was the monastery head--reportedly the only one-- who required the paschal document to be read. 20 July.

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