Hilarion

Hilarion, founder of the monastic system in Palestine, was born, according to the account of Jerome (which is adjudged by modern criticism to be no longer historical), at Tabatha, about 290, educated at Alexandria, and converted to the monastic system by St Anthony. He then lived as a hermit in the desert between Gaza and Egypt for many years, and finally died in Cyprus in 372. His memory is celebrated on 21st October.