SPEAR Factoids about Hagiography

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Caesaria Hypatissa discussing a hagiographic story about Nisthora predicting that an emperor would not have a son while the Council of Chalcedon remained in force. See factoid page


event: The monk Nisthora died but came back to life to inform the messenger of Theodosius II that he would not have a son because the empire was about to become "Nestorian," i.e. Chalcedonian. See factoid page


How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Hagiography,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/hagiography.html, 2025-07-01.