Pachomius

How to use Pachomius in a sentence

• But the useless lives of Antony or Pachomius were consumed in these vain occupations.

  The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon

• When denied ordinary wheaten bread he invented cakes of a desert manna, with which, it is said, Pachomius fed himself in Egypt.

  The Death of the Gods | Dmitri Mrejkowski

• St. Pachomius for fifteen years slept only in an erect position, leaning against a wall.

  History Of Ancient Civilization | Charles Seignobos

• Saint Pachomius was the first to form monkish foundations in the East.

  Women of Early Christianity | Alfred Brittain

• These monks of Pachomius lived in cells, each of which contained three.

  Sketches of Church History | James Craigie Robertson