A holy hermit, listed in some records as "the Poor" of "the Child," allusions to his purity of heart and to the simplicity of his lifestyle. He was born in Menuf or Minuf, Egypt, a site northwest of Cairo in the Delta region of the Nile, and became a disciple of St. Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism. Abraham spent almost two decades in a cave near Pachomius' foundations in the Delta. Died: 367 Feastday: October 27.