Life and Sayings of Amma Syncletica

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Life and Sayings of Amma Syncletica is an early Christian hagiographical text preserving the biography and spiritual teachings of the Desert Mother Syncletica of Alexandria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian text
biographical work
early Christian literature
hagiographical text
spiritual teachings collection
aimsAt edification of Christian readers
promotion of ascetic ideals
associatedWithMovement Egyptian desert monasticism
associatedWithPlace Alexandria NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Egypt NERFINISHED
category Desert Mothers literature
Lives of saints
Patristic literature
contains ascetic maxims
biographical narrative of Syncletica of Alexandria
moral instruction
sayings of Syncletica of Alexandria
spiritual exhortations
focusesOn Christian asceticism
Desert Mother NERFINISHED
detachment from the world
fasting
female monasticism
humility
monastic discipline
perseverance
poverty
prayer
spiritual counsel
spiritual warfare
temptation
virginity
hasGenre Christian spirituality
ascetic literature
hagiography
hasMainSubject Syncletica of Alexandria NERFINISHED
influenced later Christian spiritual writers
language Greek
period Late Antiquity
portrays Syncletica of Alexandria as a model of holiness NERFINISHED
Syncletica of Alexandria as a spiritual teacher NERFINISHED
relatedWork Apophthegmata Patrum NERFINISHED
Lives of the Desert Fathers NERFINISHED
religiousSubtradition Desert Fathers and Mothers NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
transmittedIn Christian monastic tradition
usedIn Christian monastic formation
Christian spiritual reading

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Syncletica of Alexandria hasWorkAttributed Life and Sayings of Amma Syncletica