Saint Didymus the Blind

Saint Didymus the Blind, modern Coptic Art in St. George Church, Sporting, Alexandria, Egypt (the library) - by Mervat Naguib - Photograph by أيقونة القديس ديديموس الضرير، صورة قبطية من الفن القبطي المعاصر في المكتبة الاستعارية بكنيسة مارجرجس باسبورتنج، الإسكندرية، مصر - رسم ميرفت نجيب - تصوير مايكل غالي لـ: موقع الأنبا تكلا هيمانوت. Once St. Anthony went to visit St. Didymus the Blind, the Dean of the School of Alexandria, who lost his sight at the age of four years. Moreover, he was the one who invented the method of carving letters on pieces of wood so that one can read by his fingers instead of his eyes. He was ahead of the Frenchman Braille by more than 15 centuries in inventing carving the letters on wood for those who lost their sight.

St. Didymus was silent for a while, so St. Anthony repeated the question twice. Finally St. Didymus answered, "I thank God for every condition. Nevertheless Im sad that I lost the gift of sight and was denied seeing many things, specially reading books."