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21Melania the Elder — Saint Melania the Elder or Maior (325–410) was a Desert Mother who was an influential figure in the Christian ascetic movement (the Desert Fathers and Mothers) that sprang up in the generation after the Emperor Constantine made Christianity the… …
22Cuthbert Butler — Edward Cuthbert Butler (1858 – 1934) was an English Benedictine historian, and Abbot of Downside Abbey. He is known for his history of Vatican I,[1] and his writing on mysticism. Works The Lausiac History of Palladius (1898) Benedictine Monachism …
23Apophthegmata Patrum — The Apophthegmata Patrum [From the Greek: apo , from; phtheggomai , to cry out; pater, father .] are the sayings of the early Christian Desert Fathers.Various collections exist of aphorisms and anecdotes illustrative of the spiritual life, of… …
24Abu Fanah — (also known as Abu Fana, Apa Bane, or Saint Fanah) (c. 354 395) was an Egyptian Christian hermit. A monastery in the diocese of Mallawi, Upper Egypt, was named after him.Abu Fanah was reportedly born to a Christian family in Memphis, Egypt. He… …
25Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting …
26Pallādius — Pallādius, 1) Rutilius Taurus Ämilianus, röm. Schriftsteller des 4. Jahrh. n. Chr., schrieb im Anschluß an seine Vorgänger und nach eignen Erfahrungen ein Werk: »De re rustica«, in 14 Büchern, das noch im Mittelalter vielfach benutzt wurde. Den… …
27patristic literature — Body of literature that comprises those works (excluding the New Testament) written by Christians before the 8th century. It refers to the works of the Church Fathers. Most patristic literature is in Greek or Latin, but much survives in Syriac… …
28Pachomius, Saint — ▪ Egyptian monk born c. 290, probably in Upper Egypt died 346, feast day May 9 founder of Christian cenobitic (communal) monasticism, whose rule (book of observances) for monks is the earliest extant. Of Egyptian origin, Pachomius… …
29Hospitality — • In the religious orders the duty of hospitality was insisted upon from the beginning both in East and West Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hospitality Hospitality …
30Macarius — • Article on two saints named Macarius, both fourth century Egyptian monks: St. Macarius the Egyptian ( the Elder ) and St. Macarius the Alexandrian ( the Younger ) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Macarius Macarius …
