Ἀμοῦς

An Egyptian. As a young man he was averse to marriage; but when some of his relatives encouraged him not to condemn marriage, but to take a wife, he complied and entered into a marriage. Giving the virgin much exhortation, he persuaded her to give up the secular life before they had sexual intercourse. Having made this renunciation, they both retired to Mount Nitria¹ and for a short time lived the ascetic life together on their own. Antony saw the soul of this Amoun being taken up to heaven.² He never saw himself naked, saying that it was improper for a monk to see even his own body naked. There was also another monk, Didymus, who lived for 90 years, and did not spend time with any other human being until his death.