Name
Paesios and Esaias, 4th c. monks of Nitria
Saint ID
S01447
Number in BH
BHG
Reported Death Not After
375
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E03317 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (14), recounts the story of the brothers *Paesios and Esaias (monks of Nitria, S01447), one a solitary ascetic, the other a monastic founder, and the dispute of their disciples as to which one of them was a greater saint. Pambo of Nitria (Lower Egypt) has a vision of both of them in heaven. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. |
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