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Abraham the Poor

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297: 1803: 213: 134:. He remained a disciple of Pachomius for 23 years, after which he spent the following seventeen years as a cave hermit. His nicknames of "the poor" and "the child" refer to his simple life and simple faith. His 1777: 1018: 713: 828: 246: 1848: 1454: 1843: 1306: 1201: 1161: 1151: 1291: 1281: 1251: 1206: 1136: 1106: 1076: 161: 1414: 1261: 1241: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1141: 1066: 526: 1404: 1286: 1271: 1256: 1246: 1231: 1211: 1146: 1121: 1086: 1056: 1833: 1782: 1311: 1296: 1276: 1236: 1196: 1166: 1116: 1081: 1061: 239: 1301: 1266: 1221: 1216: 1126: 1101: 1091: 1051: 1036: 1031: 873: 632: 388: 1191: 1171: 1071: 1046: 1041: 718: 1757: 1334: 1226: 1156: 1111: 838: 627: 418: 305: 193: 1394: 868: 768: 763: 738: 604: 539: 1699: 1661: 1656: 1566: 1486: 1419: 1339: 903: 813: 733: 544: 232: 1747: 1742: 1429: 1359: 823: 773: 441: 318: 255: 1724: 1689: 1641: 1434: 1379: 1369: 988: 983: 933: 818: 723: 637: 1838: 1807: 1591: 1551: 1384: 1131: 1026: 898: 793: 695: 690: 685: 680: 564: 496: 486: 466: 451: 1626: 1606: 1496: 1459: 1354: 594: 584: 534: 461: 456: 446: 59: 296: 1752: 1719: 1571: 1511: 1501: 1349: 1329: 998: 858: 788: 705: 662: 408: 1772: 1646: 1546: 1444: 1399: 1389: 1374: 958: 948: 888: 843: 833: 672: 589: 574: 559: 554: 478: 423: 286: 119: 1621: 1581: 1576: 1491: 883: 783: 748: 549: 343: 69: 1767: 1704: 1651: 1616: 1611: 1586: 1561: 1464: 1424: 978: 878: 798: 622: 569: 348: 338: 1827: 1684: 1556: 968: 963: 908: 893: 753: 743: 652: 647: 218: 169: 1762: 1541: 1409: 1096: 913: 848: 82:
and sporting a blowing beard; in his cell with his niece Mary in an adjoining cell
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