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https://spear-prosop.org/795-7
Event Factoid: John decided that he would commit himself to an aescetic lifestyle by eating only lentils, salt, water, and bread, despite the misgivings of those around him.

Sources:

  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints I,Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up, p: 40.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Katayoun Torabi, https://spear-prosop.org/795-7, in The Lives of the Eastern Saints: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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