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Also Known As Nilus the Ascetic
Died c.430 • Ankara • Turkey
Subjects Of Study Trinity • asceticism • monasticism • two natures of Christ
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
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
Arsenius the Great
Roman monk
Saint Theodosius of Palestine
Asian saint
Simeon Stylites, Saint
St. Simeon Stylites
Christian monk
Saint Sabas
Palestinian monk
Saint Sarapion
Egyptian monk
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus
Greek Christian apostle
Hesychius Of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox monk
Macedonius
Greek bishop [flourished 4th century]
John Moschus
Byzantine monk
Origen
Christian theologian
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
“Saint Anthony”
St. Anthony of Egypt
Egyptian monk
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
Mark The Hermit
Christian theologian

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