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E04012: Socrates in his Ecclesiastical History refers to the stories of several holy monastics from Egypt, based on information from the History of the Monks in Egypt and the Lausiac History. He also reports that the Egyptian monk Ammonios (ascetic of Kellia, buried near Constantinople, ob. 403, S01263) visited the shrines of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) in Rome in 339/345. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446.
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posted on 2017-09-12, 00:00 authored by BryanSocrates, Ecclesiastical History, 4.23
Socrates refers to the stories of: Amoun of Nitria, Didymos the Blind, Arsios (Probably Arsisios of Nitria, mentioned by Palladius in the Lausiac History), Pior, Isidoros, Pambo of Nitria, Arsenios, Piterous, Makarios the Egyptian and Makarios the Alexandrian, Evagrios of Pontus, and Ammonios of Kellia
4.23.72-73 … Ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ ἄλλος ἀνὴρ θαυμάσιος ἐν τοῖς μοναχοῖς, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἀμμώνιος, ὅστις οὕτως ἦν ἀπερίεργος, ὥστε ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἅμα Ἀθανασίῳ γενόμενος μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι ἱστορῆσαι τῶν ἔργων τῆς πόλεως, μόνον δὲ ἰδεῖν τὸ Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου μαρτύριον.
‘There was another excellent man among the monks, Ammonios by name, who was so free from curiosity that when he went to Rome with Athanasius, he sought to visit none of the masterpieces of that city, but was content just to see the shrine of Peter and Paul.’
Text: Hansen 1995. Summary and Translation: E. Rizos.
Socrates refers to the stories of: Amoun of Nitria, Didymos the Blind, Arsios (Probably Arsisios of Nitria, mentioned by Palladius in the Lausiac History), Pior, Isidoros, Pambo of Nitria, Arsenios, Piterous, Makarios the Egyptian and Makarios the Alexandrian, Evagrios of Pontus, and Ammonios of Kellia
4.23.72-73 … Ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ ἄλλος ἀνὴρ θαυμάσιος ἐν τοῖς μοναχοῖς, ᾧ ὄνομα Ἀμμώνιος, ὅστις οὕτως ἦν ἀπερίεργος, ὥστε ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἅμα Ἀθανασίῳ γενόμενος μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι ἱστορῆσαι τῶν ἔργων τῆς πόλεως, μόνον δὲ ἰδεῖν τὸ Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου μαρτύριον.
‘There was another excellent man among the monks, Ammonios by name, who was so free from curiosity that when he went to Rome with Athanasius, he sought to visit none of the masterpieces of that city, but was content just to see the shrine of Peter and Paul.’
Text: Hansen 1995. Summary and Translation: E. Rizos.
History
Evidence ID
E04012Saint Name
Amun, monk in Nitria : S00419 Didymos the Blind, ascetic in Alexandria : S01370 Makarios the Egyptian, ascetic in Sketis, ob. 391 : S00863 Euagrios of Pontus, ascetic in Egypt, 345-399 : S01418 Ammonios of Kellia, ascetic, ob. 403 : S01263 MakarSaint Name in Source
Ἀμοῦν Δίδυμος Μακάριος Εὐάγριος ἈμμώνιοςRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Euagrios_of_Pontus_ascetic_in_Egypt_ob_399/13732990
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Makarios_the_Alexandrian_ascetic_in_Nitria_ob_c_395/13729384
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Ammonios_ascetic_of_Kellia_buried_near_Constantinople_ob_403/13732579
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Didymos_the_Blind_ascetic_in_Alexandria/13732873
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Makarios_the_Egyptian_monastic_founder_in_the_Sketis_ob_391/13731349
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Amun_ascetic_and_monk_of_Nitria/13730275