Day 219 -- Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza

Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza lived as a hermit for 50 years in absolute seclusion near the monastery of Saint Seridon of Gaza, Palestine. He was venerated by the Greeks. He wrote extensively and his letters have survived for 15 centuries now. He died around the year 540. His relics are in a village near Sipontum in southern Italy.

"Do not seek to be regarded as somebody, don’t compare yourself to others in anything. Leave the world, mount the cross, discard all earthly things."