Name
Malchus, monk of Maronia (Syria), ob. c. 380s
Saint ID
S00463
Reported Death Not Before
374
Reported Death Not After
395
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E00686 | Jerome's novelistic Life of *Malchus (monk of Maronia, Syria, ob. c. 380s, S00463) describes his adventures and captivity, and emphasises his chastity. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine) in the early 390s. | E03684 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the tenth century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 20 March *John II (bishop of Jerusalem, S01372) and possibly *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia, S00885) and *Malchus (monk of Maronia, ob. c. 380, S00463). | E06563 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Malchus (monk of Maronia, Syria, ob. c. 380, S00463) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E07144 | Greek translation of Jerome's Life of *Malchus (monk, S00463), possibly 5th century. Skeleton entry |
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