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Also Known As Marcus Eremita
Died After 430
Subjects Of Study asceticism
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Palladius
Galatian monk, bishop, and chronicler
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
al-Muḥāsibī
Muslim theologian
Augustine Baker
English monk
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Origen
Christian theologian
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Cyprian
Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
St. Irenaeus
bishop of Lyon
St. Justin Martyr
Christian apologist
Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Christian theologian