Name
Didymos the Blind, ascetic and philosopher of Alexandria
Saint ID
S01370
Gender
Type of Saint
| ID | Title | E02781 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.2), mentions stories of visions indicating that the emperor Julian the Apostate was killed by two apostles or prophets. Another vision announced the death to *Didymos the Blind (ascetic and philosopher of Alexandria, S01370). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E03313 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (5-6), writes about *Didymos the Blind (ascetic and theologian in Alexandria, S01370), and stories he heard from him. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E04012 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (4.23), refers to the stories of several holy monastics from Egypt, based on information from the History of the Monks in Egypt and the Lausiac History. He also reports that the Egyptian monk Ammonios (ascetic of Kellia, buried near Constantinople, ob. 403, S01263) visited the shrines of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) in Rome in 339/345. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. | E04020 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14-16), refers to several monastic holy men who were active in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and the West in the mid-fourth century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. |
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