Palladius

And by that watchword Palladius knew it was his only friend Pyrocles, whom he had lost upon the sea, and therefore both caused the retreat to be sounded.

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Theophrastus, and then by Virgil and Palladius, which is supposed by some to be the Orange; but as they all describe it as unfit for food, it is with good reason supposed that the tree referred to is either the

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News of the desert hermits even became popular best-seller material in imperial Constantinople, with titles such as Palladius' Lausiac History, or Theodoret's History of the Monks of Syria.

Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011

News of the desert hermits even became popular best-seller material in imperial Constantinople, with titles such as Palladius'Lausiac History, or Theodoret's History of the Monks of Syria.

Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011

In "Palladius" St. Anthony is living quite alone; in the "Historia" he is a kind of abbot of hermits.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The story of St. Paul in the "Hist. monachorum" is, as regards substantial facts, much the same as that of "Palladius", but the atmosphere is different.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The difference seems to amount chiefly to this: "Palladius" apparently places the story in the time before, and the "Historia" after St. Anthony began to have disciples.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

In "Palladius" St. Anthony's purpose is to show Paul just what a hermit's life really was; in the "Historia" he subjects him to the rather conventional kinds of tests which any abbot might apply to any postulant.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

"Palladius" he is reluctant to accept Paul; in the "Historia" he invites him to become a monk.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

There is some debate about whether the received wisdom about St. Patrick is actually an amalgamation of two individuals — St. Patrick and Palladius, a bishop sent to Ireland by the Pope.

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