Event Factoid: John of
Ephesus found Thomas and Zota years later in
the desert of Mendis by Mar Menas. Thomas's body was
frail and sunburnt. He had dedicated his life to fasting, praying, so
that by depriving the body he would purify the soul.
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: 209-210.