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https://spear-prosop.org/844-3
Event Factoid: John of Ephesus attempted to provide financial assistance to the poor holy man Priscus by sending a certain gentlemen to give a tremissis (gold coin). Priscus refused and ran away but finally relented and took one follis.

Sources:

  • E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints III,Patrologia Orientalis 29.2 (1925), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient19pariuoft#page/n163/mode/2up, p: 180.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/844-3, 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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