Name
Isidora, 4th c. nun and holy fool in Tabennesi
Saint ID
S02848
Number in BH
BHG 958z, 959, 959b
Reported Death Not Before
350
Reported Death Not After
420
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Holy fools, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E03324 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (34), recounts the story of an anonymous nun of the Pachomian female monastery at Tabennesis (Upper Egypt), sometimes named 'Isidora' (S02848), who feigned madness. Her holiness is revealed by the holy monk Piteroum. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. |
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