Jan. 10 Friday of Christmas Time after Epiphany, Weekday

Today is Friday of Christmas Time after Epiphany. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Paul the Hermit (230-342). The West learned of the life of St. Paul from St. Jerome (+ 420); the book, which he devoted to the life of the first Christian hermit, charmed and instructed generations of the faithful and formed the inspiration of many artists. St. Paul is said to have died in 342, in a hermitage in the region of Thebes in Egypt after having received at the age of 113 a visit from St. Antony of Egypt.