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The Lausiac History

by Palladius

The chronicle of a bishop who spent his time traveling from ascetic to ascetic listening to stories and documenting his time with them, the Lausiac History focuses on both those who fail and those who succeed in the ascetic life.

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English

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Greek

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Ireland

Palladius was the first bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick; the two were perhaps conflated in many later Irish traditions. He was a deacon and member of one of the prominent...

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Isidore, Dorotheus, Potamiaena, Didymus the Blind, Alexandra, The Rich Virgin, The Monks of Nitria, Amoun of Nitria
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Or, Pambo, Ammonius, Benjamin, Apollonius, Paesius and Isaias, Macarius the Younger, Nathanael, Macarius of Egypt
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Macarius of Alexandria, Moses the Robber, Paul
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Eulogius and the Cripple, Paul the Simple, Pachon, Stephen, Valens, Heron, Ptolemy
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A Virgin Who Fell, Elias, Dorotheus, Piamoun, Pachomius and the Tabennesiots, The Tabennesiot Nuns, The Nun Who Feigned Madness (St. Isidora), John of Lycopolis
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Posidonius, Sarapion the Sindonite, Evagrius Ponticus, Pior, Ephraim, Holy Women
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Julian, Adolius, Innocent, Philoromus, Melania the Elder, Chronius and Paphnuntius, Elpidius
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Sisinnius, Gaddanas, Elias, Sabas, Abramius, The Elder Melania, Silvania, Olympias, Candida, The Monks of Antinoe, Amma Talis and Taor, Collythus, Melania the Younger, Pammachius
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The Virgin and Athanasius, Juliana, Hippolytus, Verus the Ex-Count, Magna, The Compassionate Monk, The Nun Who Fell, A Reader Unjustly Accused, The Brother Who is with the Writer
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