Palladius of Helenopolis

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Palladius of Helenopolis was a 4th–5th century Christian monk and bishop best known for his *Lausiac History*, a seminal account of the lives and practices of the early Desert Fathers and Mothers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop
Christian monk
Greek-language author
Late Antique writer
church historian
centuryActive 4th century
5th century
countryOfBirth Roman Empire
dateOfBirth circa 363
dateOfDeath after 420
dedicatedTo Lausus, chamberlain of Emperor Theodosius II
denomination Nicene Christianity
describes Desert Fathers
Desert Mothers
Egyptian monasticism
Palestinian monasticism
Syrian monasticism
educatedBy Evagrius Ponticus
era Late Antiquity
fieldOfWork Christian monasticism
church history
hagiography
genre hagiography
monastic biography
influencedBy Egyptian desert monasticism
Evagrius Ponticus
knownFor Lausiac History
languageOfWork Greek
notableWork Lausiac History
occupation author
bishop
monk
participantIn Origenist controversy
placeOfBirth Galatia
placeOfDeath probably Aspuna or Helenopolis
positionHeld bishop of Aspuna in Galatia
bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia
region Byzantine Empire
surface form: "Eastern Roman Empire"
religion Christianity
spentTimeIn Bithynia
Egypt
Galatia
Palestine
subjectOf scholarly debates on the historicity of the Lausiac History
studies in early Christian monasticism
supported John Chrysostom
wrote Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom
Lausiac History

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Desert Fathers legacyDocumentedBy Palladius of Helenopolis
this entity surface form: "Palladius"
Nitria visitedBy Palladius of Helenopolis

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