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[[Image:StPauleTheHermitWithStAnthonyTheGreat.jpg|thumb|Coptic icon of St. Paule the Hermit (left, with a tunic made of palm tree fiber) with St. Anthony the Great - Note the raven bringing them a loaf of bread (top of the icon, in between the two saints), and the two lions near the bottom left of the icon]]
[[Saint]] '''Paul of Thebes''' was a [[monastic]] and [[hermit]] of the third century who lived in Egypt. He is also known as '''Abba Paul the First Hermit''' and '''Paul the Theban and the Anchorite'''. He was born ''c. ,'' 230 and died [[January 15]], ''c,'' 341 (on the 2nd of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshir Amshir]). He had a brother named Pater.
==Life==