Event Factoid

https://spear-prosop.org/809-5
Event Factoid: When the old man came to the convent, the leaders wanted to give him a place of honor. Instead, he chose to sit at the lowest table, refusing even to bless the food.

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: 251.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Samuel Young, https://spear-prosop.org/809-5, in The Lives of the Eastern Saints: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.