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Palladius of Aspuna

The Lausiac History

by Palladius of Aspuna

  • Paperback
  • 176 pages
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1 cm

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Reveals insights into monastic life and influential figures

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Palladius of Aspuna's Lausiac History offers a unique glimpse into early Christian monasticism.

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Born in Galatia in the 360s, Palladius enrolled as a monk on the Mount of Olives in his early twenties. As a monk, he traveled to Alexandria, the desert of Nitria, the Cells, Palestine, Rome, and the Thebaid. During his travels he encountered Rufinus of Aquileia, Melania the Elder, the hermit Dorotheos, Macarius of Alexandria, Evagrius of Pontus, Jerome of Bethlehem, and John Chrysostom. He wrote this elegant account of his visits to various monastic sites in Egypt toward the end of the fourth century AD for the imperial chamberlain Lausus. It is both the most sophisticated and the most informative of the few documents illustrating the earliest chapter in the history of Christian monasticism. Palladius's work is the only one of the major monastic writings not written for fellow monks to inspire them with models for their emulation but rather for a man very much of the world, with the explicit intention of exerting not only religious but also political influence.
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The Lausiac History of PalladiusPalladius of Aspuna

  • Author

    Palladius of Aspuna

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Liturgical Press

  • Published

    November 2015

  • Weight

    249g

  • Page Count

    176

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780879072520

  • ISBN-10

    0879072520

  • Eden Code

    4340630

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