Desert Mothers
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The Desert Mothers were early Christian women ascetics and monastics who lived in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, renowned for their spiritual wisdom, extreme asceticism, and foundational role in the development of Christian monasticism.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monastics
→
Christian religious movement → early Christian women ascetics → |
| associatedWith |
Desert Fathers
→
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers → |
| countryOfActivity |
Egypt
→
Palestine → Syria → |
| gender |
female
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|
| influenced |
Benedictine monasticism
→
Byzantine hesychasm → Eastern Christian monasticism → Western Christian monasticism → |
| knownFor |
extreme asceticism
→
foundational role in Christian monasticism → spiritual wisdom → |
| language |
Coptic
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Greek → Syriac → |
| movement |
Desert monasticism
→
Desert spirituality → |
| notableMember |
Amma Sarah
→
Amma Syncletica → Amma Theodora → Melania the Elder → Melania the Younger → Sarah of the Desert → Syncletica of Alexandria → Theodora of Alexandria → |
| practice |
asceticism
→
celibacy → fasting → hesychia → manual labor → poverty → solitary prayer → |
| region |
Egyptian desert
→
Judean desert → Syrian desert → |
| religiousBranch |
early Christian monasticism
→
|
| religiousOrder |
anchorites
→
cenobites → |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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|
| role |
founders of women’s monastic communities
→
spiritual directors → teachers of prayer → |
| timePeriod |
3rd century
→
4th century → 5th century → |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
→
Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Roman Catholic Church → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Palladius of Helenopolis
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describes |
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Desert Fathers
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influenced |