Pior
Saint Pior (or Prior; 4th century) was an Egyptian monk and hermit in the desert of Scetis, one of the Desert Fathers, and a disciple of Anthony the Great. He lived to a great age. His feast day is 17 June. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under June 17, Baring-Gould's account Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924) in his Lives Of The Saints wrote under June 17, Sozomen's account Henry Ruffner (1790–1861) in his The Fathers of the Desert draws on Sozomen () and writes, Palladius' Account Palladius of Galatia (d. 420) writes, Notes Sources Saints from Roman Egypt 4th-century deaths Egyptian hermits Desert Fathers