June 15th

Saint Abraham of Clermont

Saint · Common of Monks · Clermont-Ferrand, France · d. c. 477

At Clermont in Aquitaine, Saint Abraham, monk, who, born on the bank of the river Euphrates, betook himself to Egypt to visit the hermits, but, seized by the pagans, was held in chains for five years; afterward he came into Gaul among the Arverni, where he withdrew into the monastery of Saint Cyricus and died full of days.

Latin Original

Arvérnz in Aquitánia, sancti Abrahze, mónachi, qui, ad Euphrátis flávii litus ortus, ad visitándos eremítas in /Egyptum se cóntulit, sed, a pagánis deprehénsus, quinque annos in vinculis tentus est; deinde in Gálliam apud Arvérnos advénit, ubi in monastérium Sancti C’yrici secéssit et plenus diérum óbit.