Lausiac History

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Christian hagiographical work late antique religious text monastic literature

Lausiac History is a 5th-century Christian text by Palladius that recounts the lives and ascetic practices of early Desert Fathers and monastic communities in Egypt and the Near East.

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Label Occurrences
Lausiac History canonical 5
Historia Lausiaca 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian hagiographical work ⓘ
late antique religious text ⓘ
monastic literature ⓘ
alternativeName Lausiac History ⓘ
surface form: Historia Lausiaca

Lausiaca ⓘ
approximateDate c. 419–420 ⓘ
author Palladius of Helenopolis ⓘ
commissionedBy Lausus ⓘ
contains accounts of cenobitic communities ⓘ
accounts of hermits ⓘ
accounts of individual monks ⓘ
accounts of nuns ⓘ
dateWritten early 5th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo Lausus ⓘ
describes Desert Fathers ⓘ
Egyptian monastic communities ⓘ
Palestinian monastic communities ⓘ
Syrian monastic communities ⓘ
ascetic practices ⓘ
early Christian monasticism ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
geographicalFocus Egypt ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
historicalValue primary source for early monasticism ⓘ
influenced Latin monastic literature ⓘ
later Byzantine hagiography ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
LaususRole chamberlain of Emperor Theodosius II ⓘ
literaryForm episodic narrative ⓘ
preservedIn Greek manuscripts ⓘ
Latin translations ⓘ
Syriac translations ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ
setting Egyptian desert ⓘ
Near Eastern monastic settlements ⓘ
structure collection of monastic biographies ⓘ
subjectMatter Christian ascetic ideals ⓘ
lives of holy men and women ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis asceticism ⓘ
holiness ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 4th century ⓘ
early 5th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy John Cassian ⓘ
later church historians ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nitria → documentedIn → Lausiac History ⓘ
Palladius of Helenopolis → knownFor → Lausiac History ⓘ
Palladius of Helenopolis → notableWork → Lausiac History ⓘ
Palladius of Helenopolis → wrote → Lausiac History ⓘ
Lausiac History → alternativeName → Lausiac History ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historia Lausiaca
Lausus, chamberlain of Emperor Theodosius II → associatedWork → Lausiac History ⓘ