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Theodoros of Tabenna
Egyptian monk (-368)
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 27 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
314
Died
368
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Tabennisi in the Thebaid in Egypt, Saint Theodoros, abbot, who was a disciple of Saint Pachomius and father of the monastic community.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 27 April as an abbot, disciple of Saint Pachomius and father of the monastic community at Tabennisi.
Connected on this site
- Pachomius the Great Saint Teacher
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q770191 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Theodorus of Tabennese (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.