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PATROLOGIA ORIENTALIS TOMUS DECIMUS SEPTIMUS

I.

_

E.

W. BROOKS.

John of Ephesus. Lives of the Eastern Saints II.

_

S.

E. Ms'

PETIT.

L.

ÖOCUMENTS RELATIFS AU CONCILE DE FLORENCE. yii-xxiv III.

—

:

(1).

DoClinieiltS

QEuvres aiiticonciliaires de Marc d'Ephese.

RENE BASSET. Le Synaxaire auabe jacobite. V. Les mois de Baounah, Abib, Mesore

IV.

_

S.

et

jours comp leinen faires.

GREBAUT.

Les Miracles de Jesus. Miene les xxi-xxx.

FIRMIN-D1DOT ET

PARIS IMPRIMEURS-EDITEURS

C",

LIBRAIRIE DE PARIS, 56,

1923

RUE JACOB

Go

JOHN OF EPHESUS THE

OF

LIVES

SYRIAC

EASTERN SAINTS

TEXT EDITED AND TRANSLATED

BY E.

PATR. OR.

—

T. XVII.

—

F.

1.

W. BROOKS

Nihil obstat. Parisiis,

R.

die i" maii 1923.

GRAFFIN.

PERMIS

D'IMPRIMER

Paris, le 1

er

.1.

mai 1923.

LAPALME, v. gen.

INTRODUCTION

was hardly known except from

Until 1853 the narae of John of Ephesus

scattered

extracts from

references in

Dionysius and other

so-called

the

rd part of his Eccleauthors published by Assemani; but in that year the 3

siastical

History

followed by

J.

was published

ischer Kirchenhistoriker (Leiden,

was published

Cureton's text

German

translation by

Beatis Orientalibas

de

J.

W.

Oxford by

at

at

v.

Ephesos der J stB syr-

1860 an English translation of

In

1856).

Oxford by R. Payne Smith, and

M. Schönfelder

at

in

1862 a

Munich. Finally the Commentarii

and fragments of the

History appeared in tom.

Cureton, and this was soon

pamphlet Johannes Bischof

P. N. Land's

2'" 1

part of the

Ecclesiastical

of Land's Anecdota Syriaca at Leiden in 1868,

II

and a Latin translation of the same by van Douwen and Land was published at

Amsterdam

Since that time however two works have appeared

in 18S9.

which are invaluable

for the

purpose of enabling us to Supplement John's

published works and correct his text, M. Nau's analysis of the 2 the history from the so-called Dionysius in/}. O.G., the

first

1899,

two volumes

1901)

\ and

Duchesne

L.

work

the shade by the great in

M. Chabot's edition

p.

part of

455, (1897), and

of Michael the

Syrian (Paris,

2 Other studies of our author* have been published by Land

'.

H. G. Kleyn

of

II,

nd

'

of A.

but

;

all

these have

now been thrown

,

into

Dyakonov, Ioann Efesskiy (Petrograd, 1908), a critical aceount of John's life and

which 402 pages are occupied by

works, and

use

füll

and Michael.

In

chronology of bis

is

made

life

new

and of the

an almost insoluble puzzle 1.

of the

Information derived from 'Dionysius'

consequence of John's careless methods of writing the

;

and

it is

facts

which he records appeared

not the least of Dyakonov's

many

to be

merits

Some fragments are also preserved by Elijah of Nisibis (C. S. C. 0., a 2. De gedenkschrißen c. een Monoph. uit de 6 ° eeuw (K. Ak. v.

tom. VII, VIII).

—

le Reeks, Dl. v, Verslagen en Mededeelingen; Afd. Letterkunde, 3 3. Een buk of het godsdienstig leven in de oostersche Kerk Amsterdam, 1888). d. 6 ie eeuw (Theol. Studien, VII, p. 229. Utrecht, 1889); Bijdrage tot de Kerkgeschiedeniss v. het Oosten gedurende d. 6da eeutv {Festbundel aan M. J. De Goeje. Leiden, 1891). 4. Jean dAsie. Memoire lu devant les 5 Academies le 25 oct. 1802 {Journ. Ofpciel, n" 299, p. 5200). I take this ref. from Dyakonov, but cannot find the

Wetenschappen,

—

p. 237.

—

work.

'

INTRÖDUCTION.

|V

L'vJ

of the ^ hole subject he has succeeded in tl.at by a laborious investigation In a few places I am obliged to differ from bringing order out of cliaos. upon bis work (I have not him; but in general mv chronology is based bis name every time), mentioning by space to'oceupy thought il necessary the necessity of attempting spared been have to indeed thankful am and what seemed to be an impossible task. was born about 507 of Kphesus (so called from bis titular bishopric) I

John

for ecclesiastical purposes

which

neighbouring monastery of the

in the

Maro's

15, after

deatli,

he

stylite

moved

Armenia IV,

as

the province of Mesopo-

was united with

tamia of which the capital was Amida, and

age of

known

afterwards

in the territory of Ingila in the territory

the age of 3 or 4

at

Maro

was placed At the

Ar'a Rabtha\

at

monastery founded by John

to the

during the ürtaya at Amida', the mtfnks of which, having been expelled Mama persecution of521, were then residing in the deserted monastery of

The archimandrite Häzim, where they remained 5 years, i. e. tili 526 \ eh. given in 58 seems to have at this time was Sergius', who from the dates 7 in 522/3 placed be may migration died in 523«, so (hat the author's at

.

Aller other wanderings the monks were tinian to return to

8

Amida

precedmg year John had been ordained

In the

.

end of 530 allowed by Jus-

at the

deacon by the exiled bishop John of Thella (Constantina) \ The quiet life and he frequently in the monastery seems however not to have suited him, hermits; in 532 celebrated and monasteries other travelled about to visit he aecompanied bis friends Thomas and Stephen to Antioch "\ and in 534 undertook a journey to Egypt, and in 535 visited Constantinople ". At the end of 536 or beginning of 537 the patriarch Ephraim of Antioch followed up the final condemnation of the Monophysites at the synod of 536 by a 'descent In

the Käst',

when

Thuthe

to Thella d

the

W.

region lying

in the

of

they were drite 1.

seems 4. Cli.

.iiel

—

5.

Cli. 58.

'Zach. Uli.', vui,

mixed Syrian and Armenian populaüon; but lngilene

a

ä.

—9.

Dyakonov,

6.

They were

Cli. 24.

p. 28, n.

1G0).

p'its the

Egyptian journey

10.

-

in

in exile I'.

207.

—

2. P. 64.

p. 38, n. äl. i>:

—

1

yrs. 1.

I'.

-

3. 1'.

- 7.

See

and returned 209 seen.

1),

84; see also eh. 51. p. 83, n. in Ind.

211.

535, but himsclf notefe that, since there

see Byz. Zeitschr., XII.

13.

p.

p.

294; 'Zach. Rh.',

Ch. 35;

cf.

eh. 58

it

49), \,

l

;

and Land,

must have been before that time. Vit.

Monoph.

p. 295.

C

S.

('.

(>.,

tom.

—8.

Gh. 35;

IX (Dyakonov,

Dyakonov is

(7

— 12.

XXV

(p. 47)

no mention of

the ecclesiastical revolution that followed the patriarch Timothy's dealh

Land,

this time

the

•">:>'.)

have been predominantly Syrian.

:i.">.

and

let alone,

bulkofthem, headed by the archimanincluding onr author, came to the territory of Claudias on

This was inhabited by to

the extreme limit of the

at

Hut there also they were not

dispersed; hui in

Abba

.

Amida, and on being expelled

thenee came to the monastery of the Poplars

Amideiie territory ".

They then removed

2

monks were again expelled

Feh. 535;

Gh. 35, 58;

(11),

p. 65,

-

INTRODUCTIOX.

[vj

the Euphrates

Thence

1

.

to Constantinople about

manently returned.

540 John, perhaps following Abba,

in

removed

time,

tliis

made

In 541 he

went

the autnrnn of the year he

v

a second journey to Egypt,

beginning-, and thence to Mesopotamia, and

The date

Constantinople. topolis

fixed

is

performing ordinations

in

by

Asia Minor

dore were appointed for that purpose In 542 John

pagans

in

donian

was

in

just

returned through Syria to

that he

tlie fact

and

where the plague was

Palestine,

to

iled

-\vlio

and never per-

to the capital,

3

for in

,

met John

Hephaes-

of

542 James and Theo-

'.

selected by the emperor for the task of Converting the

Asia on condition that he should convert them to the Chalce-

faifch

8

Probably however he did not wholly neglect the oppor-

.

when James Burd'ana passed

tunity for propagating Monophysitism, for,

Among these was John was made bishop of Ephesus, the metropolis of Asia 6 whence he is often called 'John of Asia'. The date of bis consecration may be gathered from the fact that he was consecrated at almost the same time as Kashish of Ghios 8 who, having begun travelling with John, continued to travel for 13 years, and then lived 5 years in Chios before being made bishop Now the travelling must apparently have begun between 540, through Asia Minor, he consecrated seven bishops. himself, wlio

,

,

7

.

when John

monastery, and 542,

left his 8

the pagans

,

and

when he undertook

this brings the consecration to 558-60,

bably be fixed to 558

9

He was

.

still

and

the mission to

should pro-

it

a deacon in 541, for he officiated as

such at the ordinations perl'ormed by John of Hephaestopolis, and the date of his presbyterate

is

unknown.

There

is

nothing

to

show

that he ever

resided at Ephesus; and after the death of the patriarch Theodosius in 566

he became the acknowledged head of the Monophysites

Constantinople,

in

where many Syrians had taken refuge under the protection Theodora and tinian,

of the

empress

her death (548) continued to enjoy the favour of Jus-

after

who encouraged them

to

come

he might

to the capital in Order that

10

bring pressure to bear upon them for the purpose of eifecting a union leave the Monophysites in Syria without leaders.

and

In this objeet he failed;

and, though his successor by using more violent measures effected a tem-

porary union (571)",

it

Ch. 58; see

loc.

1.

p. 62).

—

konov

(p. 81)

5.

n.

is

ad

supposes

It

it

Land,

C,

II,

—

11.

—

GP.,

310.

p.

p. 482.

is

H. E.,

was

in

that 540,

J.

the

—

--

have begun between

may be added to

See ch. 25.

to

that he

monastery and went 10.

2.

he does not note that

no evidence

on ch. 50.

—

Mich., p. 287; H. 0.

tion to 555-8; but

There

n.

was repudiated by

3. 0.

537"

eastern Monophysites, and

Ch. 25.

Ch. 50.

— —

Ch. 50 (Dyakonov,

4. 7.

and 540, and

Ch. 51.

— 8.

fixes the

states that the travelling

was

in

the

West between 535 and 540. when J. (and probably Kashish also)

the

Dya-

consecra-

-

West. 9.

See

left

the

the most likely time for the travelling to have begun. I,

24.

INTRODUCTION.

v,

the division between East and

which John

West

eventually led to a scliism (575)

found on the opposite side to

is

however did not

last

[vi]

liis

'

in

The union

hero James'.

even in Constantinople, and the Monophysites suffered His history ends in 585, and

frequent persecutions as long as John lived.

3 but with he probably died in 586 after a year spent in prison at Chalcedon the last 18 years of his life, which fall after the completion of the Lives of ;

Eastem

Ihr

we have

Saints,

For the

concern.

little

first

two years

of his

residence in Constantinople (540-2) he lived in the house of the patrician Probus 4 nephew of the emperor Anastasius, and after this, wheri he was in ,

were perhaps for a time in the palace of Ilormisda, 3 where many of the refugees were settled under the protection of Theodora " the in who Callinicus, chamberlain 546 542 and but at some time between 8 565 held the office of praep. sacri cubicuW, gave him a villa at Sycae (prothe capital, his quarters

;

bably that previously occupied by Mare the solitary,

which he turned

into a

monastery known as

which he was archimandrite

of

578

it

was

,0 ,

and

'

the monastery of the Syrians

was

this

died in 542/3) 9

who

',

his head-quarters until in

confiscated by the patriarch Eutychius".

His earliest work was a history of the persecntion, which was probably written in 537

and does not now

,2 ,

an account of the plague of 541/2

He

exist.

,3

but

;

it is

Both

published as an independent work.

also wrote, probably in 544,

not certain that this

was ever

were doubtlessly incor-

of these

porated in the Ecclesiastical History, which extended from the time of Julius

Caesar to 595, and was divided into three parts

came down

we

to the time of

liave only citations in

Theodosius

of

a defence addressed to the

it

may

Eastem Synod

of 571 and written not later tlian 575

16 .

it

is

first

probably

Of part

1

more conveniently

be possible to restore

Another work, now in the

matter of the union

the

ways of

life

of the blessed

Eastem Saints'",

called, Lives of the

—

- 2. Cli. 49.

it

lost,

There remains the most charac-

works, the Histories concerning

teristic of all his

which the

'\ and the second to 571.

II

Part 3 exists almost complete.

almost entirely.

Easterns, or, as

',

Michael; but of part 2 large fragments exist, and

with the help of 'Dionysius' and Michael

was

'

—

—

3. Mich., p. 364 (Dyakonov, p. 165). 4. P. 157. by the fact that Leontius, who died before the Lives were wrilten (566 lived 20 years in the monastery (eh. 39). Dyakonov (p. 86), appy. confusing him with Aaron (ch. 38), makes him die in 560, and therefore throws back the origin of the monastery to Mare's lifetime. See n. at end of ch. 36. 7. Corippus, /.uns Justin/, i, 75 ff. For the site see p. 298, n. 2. 8. //• E\, ii, 41. 9. Ch. 36 and, for the namc, p. 187, n. 1. (see tit. 10. P. 298, ch. 36 init. 38, 39, 40, 41, 51- 11. //. /.'.. / c. 12. Seech. 35, 2'"' note. 13. Land, p. 325 (Dyakonov, p. 168). /•'.,

1. //.

5.

Ch. 47.

—

iv.

6.

1.;.

The date

is

fixed

,

—

—

—

—

,

,

—

most likely that he would end part 1 at where Socrates and Theodoret end, but the evidenee adduced by Dyakonov 179 is to me unconvincing. Dyakonov, ]). 169). 16. //. /•„'., n, 6 17. Lives is

l't.

//.

.'•.'.,

i,

.!;

Mich., p. 377.

15.

It is

the point p.

the easiest designation; bul

—

many

are only detached aneedotes.

•

;

INTRODUCTION.

[vn]

vn

58 short lives or stories of hcrmits and others with whom the author was contempprary, after the style of Palladius and Theodoret, but containing more ofthe personal element, and including lives not only of obscure ascetics but also of

men who played

chapters on

a part in history

Monophysite

besides a few more general

'

2

This seems to have 566 \ and amplilied in 567 \ and again in 568*. We have one ms. only which contained the whole work (1) Brit. Mus. Add. 14647 (A), written in 688 in a good estrangelo hand. This ms. consists of 20 quires in

life

been written

circles in bis time

.

in

:

of (normally) 10 leaves each, the

sl

l

being marked with the number of

leaf

the quire in estrangelo, and the next four with the letters

o, u

and

;,

,

oi

the last five leaves, being the other halves of the folded sheets, needed no

There are lacunae

numeration.

after

no numeral, and the 2 Dd quire begins after f.

2,

f.

and one each

rd 13, and, the 3 quire

after

and

3

f.

beginning

at

2,

f.

at f.

f.

and

3,

f.

6,

f.

There

5.

5; and, since

f.

f.

another lacuna after

is

4 lh quire

The

14, 2 leaves are lost.

and the 3 rd quire therefore contained 9 leaves only. rently the scribe, perhaps by inadvertence, left a leaf unused. The begins at

f.

begins at

23

f.

6 th quire begins

3' d

at

f.

and 5" leaves are numbered o, u 1

4"',

,

The

44.

5"'

83)

is

the

is

2"'

1

leaf of the

1'",

1

the 15"' quire,

which begins

no numeral, and there

earlier

must include

f.

120, there

we know

that

ends at

it

136

f.

of eh. 41 does not appear in the narrative, the

at the

-

7 .

all

The missing

its

text.

1.

Ch.

Ch. 35, 47, 48, 49, 58

39),

58

2, 10, 24, 25, 2G,

tit.

illegible.

—5.

^-

7.

portions are parts of eh.

Ch. 58

4, all eh.

48, 49, 50.

fin.

Dyakonov,

(f.

—

135 6.

p. 363.

V

— a).

2.

is

2"'

1

f.

123.

carefully

Gh. 37 has

in the

1,

heading

the beginning

26 except

chs. 27-29, all eh. 30 except about

3.

the

and the

end of that chapter has perhaps

end of eh. 3 and beginning of eh.

beginning,

is

or 2 after

1

The ms.

r° a.

;

also been omitted

In

cannot have covered less

121, and

f.

been omitted by the scribe and, since the Simeon mentioned

of eh. 2, the

124

f.

89

122 has

f.

7 leaves are lost,

not often necessary to depart from

is

f.

Part of the text here lost can however be

at least 3.

rest is complete, but our text it

121,

f.

123, while

f.

After

90, 2 leaves are lost.

a lacuna after

is

than 5 leaves, so that 5 or 6 are lost after

written, and

f.

two lacunae

in these

supplied from D; and from this

The

the blank leaf in quire 3,

missing, and the next leaf

quire begins at

another lacuna after

is

Hence

17"' quire.

ofthe

leaf

at

quire

and the

»'', ,

so that 11 leaves are here lost.

12"'

another lacuna; and, as the

5' b

quire therefore contained 11 leaves; and

we may perhaps suppose that the scribe found and tacked it on here. The 10"' quire is wholly (f.

Appa-

;

33, the

3 has

follows that 3 leaves are lost

it

|

of a leaf

of a leaf at the

-;

Ch. 35, 47, 58, and the latter half of eh. 20.

—

4.

Probably the

Ch. 31 6"'

fin.,

35

fin.,

was numbered

48, 51 init. o,,

(cf.

but the mark

ch. is

INTRODUCTIOX.

viii

[vm]

end, the end of eh. 33 and beginning of eh. 34, the

some

Several other mss. oontain

These are

7.

13,

18,

19,

(B),

written in 875, whieh at

I'.

36,

and 40, which are also

in

and Mary

the lives of Susan

order,

The writing

probably because

was

it

l'ading, a later scribe

did not ink over the letters, but spaced

them

wrote

semicursive, and,

over; but, since he

it

and

three having

last

is

afresh, he often

remains of the original writing show,

(he

ff,

A, in

and an extract

11

eh.

161

which are

belöw),

22

seems

the

to

word

wrong place

I

have not

is

missing

in

if it

A,

is

12"' cent.,

of the

resembles that of B,

and the peculiarities

B and

II;

but for brevity's

meaning

to assert that

Paris Syr. 234 (P), of the 13'" cent.,

but the latter part of eh. 2"'

1

4

hand, but

is

added under belonged

tlic

line in I)

to the line

(f.

below.

336

v°)

defec-

is

have been most carelessly written.

^^., is

as

.

conclusion of eh. 33,

text

in eh. 18,

the original of

1

r")

(G), of the 9'" cent.,

fll),

for the Its

'the scribe of B' without

(f.

125

r",

Add. 18814

the only authority.

is

121

has been written over again by a

read and

difficult to

''

text

(7)

171 v°, 157 v°),

(f.

(f.

255

the reading is not older than

contained chs. 3 and

copy

variants.

ils

may In' seen from a comparison B may perhaps be derived from

sake

111

to be a

very It

is

and inserted

IXTRODUCTION.

[,x]

ix

bad a State to photograph, and I owe the text to a copy taken long gl ago by M. Nau which he kindly sent to me, and of which M GrafTin and of eh. 4 P is the beginning collation for me. For obtained new a Nau M. in too

the only authority.

Land's text does not claim to be a is fairly

no doubt misprints) remain.

Hardly any suggestions

made; but

many

of

Douwen and

in v.

but

critical edition;

aecurate, though

with the mss. by Wright, and

was

it

many

collated

errors (some

emendation are

for

Land's translation are 2ipages of emendations,

which come from Professor Nöldeke

A

'.

large

number

of these

are actually in the ms.,

and of the others many are of great value

restoration of the text.

The

A Land

parts defective in

mss. in which they arefound, but did not give variants where

where

A

for the

supplied from other

A

exists, and,

does not exist, gave the text of one ms. witliout recording the

variants of others, except that in the

life

of

Susan

(eh.

27 below), which he

The existence of P Hence the beginning of eh. 4, which is in P only, edition; and the life of Susan is given in the paraphrastic

published from B, he gave a few of the variants of E.

was unknown is

to

him 2

absent from his

text of

B

.

E \

instead of that of the more faithful

V.

Douwen and

translation generally reproduces the original accurately; but in

they have misunderstood the meaning, and, give

what they

when

there

believe to be the sense intended without

a difliculty, they

is

comment

Notes on the subjeet-matter are rare, and there

dation.

Land's

some places

is

or emen-

no attempt to

elueidate the chronology.

Michael

(p.

377) mentions this

number

stating the

as 54

".

work

This

of John, and gives a

list,

which

list

of the lives,

very corrupt, has been

is

emended by M. Chabot, in whose translation the number appears as 51, but üyakonov (p. 369, n. 75) notes that no. 42 in the list is our eh. 52, and that next '^e our J-'t-O' i s a corruption of vm-om-V 3 » an ^ lä tne t t e °^ *' ie eh. 53), which brings the total to 52; and, if we suppose that the scribe omitted Elijah (eh. 30) because Elijah and Theodore (eh. 31) followed, and '

'

(

James (eh. 49) preceded, we have 54, and 43, and the life of Malkha (eh. 29 the missing lives being chs. 10 \ 42, below). Among the lives mentioned by Michael is one of Cosmo, which cannot be identified with any existing life 6 and this life together with the James and Theodore

(eh.

50) because

,

1.

I

believe these are taken from a

them from

v.

review, but

I

have not the

D. and L. with mention of Nöldeke's name.

— 2.

he departs from his principle of transcribing the oldest ms. that J. wrote more, but says that

—

Land,

ref.

to

p. ix.

(Id., p. x).

—

it,

— 4.

and give 3. In this

He

implies

he himself transcribed or epitomated these 54

in

Dyakonov notes that in Mich. 's no. 7, where only ^=-i! is legible, we should not with M. Chabot supply 'Simeon' (eh. 10), since he is not called ia*M, in the heading, but 'Addai' (eh. 8). —6. M. Chabot identified ii with eh. 52, because a C. is

another work.

5.

mentioned there; but see above.

'

liNTRODUCTION.

x

Mary, and Malkha must have occupied chs. 27-29, which were quire of A, and eh. 37, which has been omitted by the scribe.

lives of Susan,

in the lost 10

Now

in B,

come

[x]

,h

where the

followthe order of A, the lives of Susan and Mary

lives

betwen our chs. 19 and 36, and, though

in that order

stated below, this does not prove that Mary's

life

reason

for a

was not the omitted

life,

it does prove that Susan's was one of the missing chapters 27-29, and that it Further the life of Mary begins with the words « Neither preceded Mary's.

then was the history of this holy Mary unworthy of admiration it

seems a

fair inference that

another woman's

life

from which

»,

preceded; and,

if

this is

two lives aeeepted, since there is Van Douwen and Land, knowing are either chs. 27, 28 or chs. 28, 29. nothing of Michael, and therefore knowing nothing of Cosmo, treated the Omission of eh. 37 as merely an error of numeration, and made the lives of

woman's

no other

life tili

eh. 54, these

Susan, Mary, and Malkha chs. 27-29, without binding themselves to the correetness of the order.

It is

however more

likely, as

Dyakonov

remarks, that the three women's lives carae together; and this

The great lacuna in A covered, will show that Susan's

by the following consideration. shown,

and an easy calculation

11 leaves;

cover about 4| leaves, Mary's about or 8^ leaves in

all,

26) except the

(cli.

we have

3-^

of a leaf,

j

first

(p.

371)

borne out as

I

life

have

would

and Malkha's about 3 leaves,

Thomas

Damascus Dara of a leaf there remain 2| leaves, i. e. for these two Now Thomas was a distinguished bishop, and is

so that for the whole of the

life

of

i of a leaf, and the whole of the

(eh. 30) except the last ^

lives

is

leaves.

life

of

of Elijah of

inserted here after John of Thella and John of Hephaestopolis as having

been concerned with them

and

their lives

in the

work

of ordaining Monophysite clergy

oecupy 34 and 4 leaves respectively.

It

2 ,

seems unlikely then

Thomas covered less than 3 leaves, and, even if we cut it wo have only of a leaf for that of Elijah, at the end of which Out of his practiees I have briefly set down these », which seems

that the life of

down

to 24,

John savs tu

«

-5

iniply a longer space than this

3 I

.

conclude therefore that a shorter

life

than Malkha's stood in this place, and that can only have been Cosmo's'.

Accordinglv

it

most probable that the

is

life.

Malkha's, und thal the lives of Susan, Mary, and

As

to Ihe order,

we have

the order in Michael

1.

'f.

a slight presumption that the three lives

is

Sc. Mary's and that which preceded, be

71,

eh.

liu.,

2.">

Dyakonov

(p.

ch.

370)

the C. of eh. 52; hat stated that he

36

tin.

would it is

chs. 27-29.

already seen that Susan's preceded Mary's, and

implied by the opening words ofthe p.

omitted by the scribe was

Cosmo occupied

,

eh.

—

life.

49

3.

fin.,

it

Susan's or Cosmo's.

—

in

lives

of considerable

in

This

is

2.

There are similar expressions

all

came

at p. 35,

lenglh.

identify the hcroine of the life with the C. of ch.

—

13 and

stränge that in that case John should in neither place have

was writing or

liad written

her

life.

INTRODUCTION.

[xi]

xi

If however we make The work naturally divides

the order given above'. tlilliculties arise

which the

:

I

(

)

life

eh.

two

portions, of

whom

1-35) deals with persons

earlier (chs.

Gonstantinople)

in

Amida 3

(2)

The

sepulchre built by Mare, and the

title

at

.

was

by

built

Mare

..

immediate sequel of Mare's

to be the

of

Aaron the pres-

...

from which

»,

he

36) describes the

(eh. «

who were

byter and the rest of the presbyters and deacons in the sepulchre that

1

of eh. 38 runs

knew

whom

whereas Malkha died

,

Mare

of

lif'e

2

time

after that

37,

the author

(most of them in the East) before 542, and the later with those

knew (mostly while he was

two

Malklia's itself into

it

afterwards laid elearly appears

Hence we must suppose that

life.

the Omission of a chapter has caused an error in the numeration through the scribjs

numbering the chapters consecutively without looking Dyakonov (p. 371) would make Malklia's

he was copying.

at the

ms. that

and

eh. 36

life

Mare's 37; but another dilliculty then arises, since the history of the Ami-

dene convents during the persecution in eh. 35 seems to wind up the

monastery of John Urtaya

part, just as the history of the

up the second part.

opening words of Malklia's

we were

,

in our convent

back

thought 5

to eh. 35,

and

;

it

before

Cosmo's

does not exist,

life

if

this life,

life

Once, when

«

life

»

seem

were added as an

after-

banishment

being

at the

end of a volume, were

uncertain and of no importance, and

is

have preferred not to cause confusion by

I

Douwen and Land \ and have

altering the numeration of v.

Ieft

Malklia's

as eh. 29.

life

Of the whole 58

Thomas

of

1.

of

then that of

lives

Damascus

Mich, by calling eh. 47 a

Cosmo,

(50)

Caesaria

Possibly he put Th.

of

:

(46)

Theodora

Sosiana

might appear

CP.

to

difiicult

We

similar phrase oecurs

original,

G.

(eh.

It

might also have expected

—

however

may be

by Mich, are reduced is

meant is

lost,

of the lives

only insignificant which he puts

lives,

Susan,

(48)

Mary,

Mary and Euphemia to

(49)

(eh. 12).

speeify the others in order,

and added them

3.

in

Dyakonov,

at the

end.

—

2.

my

If

right (see notes there), that chapter

eh.

17 (p. 149)

that the. ms.

to 3.

—

clear from the

7.

'

XXXVI l'

list

to find eh.

p. 380.

— a

in

4.

life,

in

in the title of

in

25 in the 2" d part, but

See

life

p.

187, n.

which case the

Mare's

1.

—

it

A

5.

which much resembles

used by Mich, was derived from

and therefore did not contain Malklia's

misprint, as

women's

7

47), (47j

55), (52)

chronology of eh. 52

the natural sequel of eh. 24.

—

we have

be an exception; but his informant, the cleric John, lived with him

for 8 years.

Malklia's.

(eh.

as being empress, and

but accidenlally omitted the two sisters,

understanding of the

altogether

is

(30)

Theodora reckons

life

(eh. 54), (51) first

Cosmo

and Elijah

(26)

together at the end as follows

is

Malklia's

into

roay be conjeetured that the two parts were in two volumes,

Since however the order

.

was driven

it

and look as

and that the leaves containing lost

first

58 winds

possible therefore that the error oecurred earlier;

It is

but on the other band the

to refer

in eh.

life in v.

of contents and the note on p. 141.

A

or

its

lives omitted

D. and L.

is

a

INTRODUCTION.

x„

fragments, and the lives of Habib

Z'ura

(1),

t

Simeon the scribe

(2),

x "J

(34),

The rest, except in so far Priscus (53), and Caesaria (54) are defective. and a few illegible words scribe', the by been made have omissions may as -, is complete. Besides Michael the work was also used by the so-called Dionysius, who transcribes p. 141, I. 2-12 \ and linder A. S. 836 gives the following list of

in eh. 4

inen celebrated at the time

«

:

from the convent of

stylite

...

Surtha on the Tigris, Addai Jioäu»

disciple, Marc, [Paul] of

Fardaisa, John

the convent of

of

Zuknin »\

order and with eh. 7 omitted (nnless it

is

Abraham bishop

with

in

.Maro presided, the

an early ms.

5

lacuna after Marc); where

mentioned

(abstinent) to the

Abraham 58

in eh.

the Sfcdite

131 v°

(f.

S.

a gloss

names

he gives the following

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HISTORIES CONCERNING TUE WAYS OF LIFE OF THE BLESSED EasTKÜN-,

COMIMLED AND WRITTEN UV JOHN THE PILGRIM AND AT ONE TIME

A SOLITAIU

OF THE HOUSE OF [MaR John] OF AlMIDA IN THE FERVOUR OF DIVINE [zEAL].

When we

considered thc words

which he

his preaching to bis saints

oi'

our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus in

said, « Let

your light so shine before

men, that they may see your good deeds, and glorify your Father who heaven

»',

seemed

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to

us that

tliis

is

is

the light of thc deeds and of the triumphs of his holy disciples should at tiines

arise

and be

in

not disagrqeable to his will, that

made known and appear among men,

as indeed

sense of his holy saying declares; and for this reason, although

all

the

we may

seen to be presuming to set foot in things that are too great for us, by the of his saying and the hope of his gift we have beeu encouraged to approach the task of compiling histories concerning their ways of Life and

power their

brave triumphs and

may draw, though 1.

Matih..

v,

the

Hi.

PATH. OR.

—

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characters of their good deeds,

obscurely, by

XVII.

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when they read and see their good deeds and marvellöus ways of life, hy tliis means we opine that two beneficial results will be produced, ne that when they see their good deeds they may also glorify their Father who is in heaven as it is written, and the second again, that, when the light of the narratives of their ways of life memoria] of our writings; so

in the

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my

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ii

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1

having

Matth., xxv,

34.

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in

2.

I

deter-

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of bearing true witness without

lirst

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and cover with silence the great and marvellöus virtues

that

I

condemns the man

not by the sentence of sin 2

not to conceal

I

call that

For these reasons therefore,

hear the apostolic saying that

mined and

and darkened by

triumphs and be eager

receive their patlerns in themselves, in order that

good and does

is

hat,

crowns, and hear with them the life-fraught

ye blessed of

dreaded even

who knows whai

l

formed James,

iv,

this resolution in

17,

my

fear

and without hesi-

mind, that, though

I

hear

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which as

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d

of every one

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artificial

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We

anything, which also enrich and enlighten others by their beauties.

in

begin therefore from

ihis

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sai-.il>

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relating his histoiy

dence

in

their petitions on

strengthened them, that

is,

to

draw

the

picture of each

one of these

through (he help of their prayers and confi-

cur behalf, and hope

in

the

as far as our small strength

is

gift of hini

ning, through the strength that arises from grace; and at the head

Company we sei ihis greal ld man whom a high heavenbj life, whcre each is in Christ Jesus, well befits.

divine

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12.

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feet,

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tence emanating from justice, which had overtaken him of on aecount of his

blasphemy, he sent intercessors to the sainl

to

ask him to pray for liim; and

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has gone

luit

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my

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for

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;

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».

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ln^

body, and he died, and withoul his consent a remission

for these injured

to subjeel to afflictions.

Ami

in

persons vvhomhe himself was prepared

conscqucncc

f

this fear

everyone

who häd

debtors of ancient Standing would remil the debt; and some ofthem broughl their

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la

lo

the blessed

man

himself, and entreated

him

to

bless

them

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peace?

him

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so

was

it

in this matter,

«

Who

hath contended with him and hath had

man, so that no one resisted and raised bis head again.

fulfilled in this spiritual old

and transgressed

his Orders,

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12

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city,

because he was

near there, and they broughl liini two women, one who was persecuted by a demon, and anöther who was harren of offspring, having been many years with her husband and ao1 having had children; and they continued entreating liim to pray for them. Bu1 he on liis side came up and made the sign

woman, and prayed, and

over the possessed

demon, and

lie

eise of the one said,

«

laid

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who was

Go and keep guard over

next year lo! von

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yourself,

son

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aller a

blessed

year

man

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liad

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monastery; and he baptized and blessed him; and she returned rejoicing and praising God.

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and made

h

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terrible

il;

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man. and he had

a

and

for

thal

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three

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years running hail

wceping

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to the old

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man. and continued

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man went as man set qut and went, and offered the partaken and sat down to receive the

oblation there.

blessing aller their oblation, suddenly

cloud ascended in terrifying fashion, and came to the place; and this

perhaps so that God mighl

make

it

kuovvn

tliat

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liim

us go there; and do you keep guard over yourself

lie

lliat

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:

account of your

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while havoc was made

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laid

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to

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in her,

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was standing

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I

came

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they

him a message, « As for von. von And so ,,,. not al liberty lo dwell in a human being for ever and ever ». hewasagain expelled by the power ofGod's word. There was again another

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woman

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harkod

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told the blessed

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village

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a

mad demon

in her,

a

woman who

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of

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this

woman came

a letter to these

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pupils of hers the

same hour,

telling

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to

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in

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testify to

of the

saints in every place ».

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man armed

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p

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said, «

You

are apostates and corrupters, and the svnod

it from you any you wcre true men, God would show me a sign byyour hands. And he who anathematizes the synod contends with bis life ». On all this

is

true,

more, and.

I

will not consent to hear these things against

if

commotion taking place great

terror overwhelmed all tbe magnates; but tbe when he saw tlial lie bad decreed death against anyone who anathematized the synod, was kindled with zeal and liis beart became hot

blessed man,

within liim as

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he

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body

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fire

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:

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sign, by believers signs are not required; a sign outside

you, but in your

rage, while threats after a

day tbe sign

the blessed man's saying,

2.

Christ our

only by us, but also by the angels of heaven.

human shape was

xxxu,

,

The synod which diyided

Sc. Justinian.

ofProc, Hist.

An

3.

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who

seif »

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.

which he asked appeared

for

in lhai

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so

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him

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1

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i'epeats

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fame of the

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was made protector

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liis

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bc found depicted anywhere, while he presumptuously promulgated his blasplieraies, which did not retard for him the reward that This man therefore, having been magnificently reeeived his labonr deserved.

nor her likeness

by the hing with much display, inasinnch as he was not aware of all the evil of his inind, when he had come in, inasmuch as he was annoyed by the brought a complaint about

reports of the blessed Z'ura, hing, saying, to turn the

Wherefore

«

world

r

is

the Syrian deeeiver

deeeption

to his

1

a

stubborn

man who

does not fear

zeal in the case of the blessed

man

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wish

lirst,

bis will, saying,

«

If

all

the

b.efore

do

in

to

the

lic

him?

knew

For he

show Ins me do to And countries ». order

you are stronger than

to

Let

«

he, do as

you

».

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this

men and

man

Mich.

in Ins

arrogance without delay sent some of

the king's to the blessed

the other side 1.

him

I

aecused him saying,

him so that he will submit, or be expelled from the king gave

liim

here allowed by you

is

But the king, inasinnch as

»?

well the old raan's power, said to him, is

who

'

2

man

himself

(a

his

own

leading

large villa at Sycae

011

had been given him by the queen, and he was staying there

In bis sorceries'.

—

2.

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of the

Golden Hörn.

A

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8

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the blessed man's words,

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18

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or indication of date.

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of his

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all

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in ,

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storj ol

God; sincelo!

silcnl,

hate thee have

must have been20Mar.;but seep. 30,n.2.Verj probablythe whole in Lib.

al

Lord behold the blaspliemies

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Justinian ob

sentence

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rcappviria

pray and say

to

presumption against thee, and 'Be not quid nor

tliine

willi

he heard the openness

wine, and smote bis enemics behind liim' of

were ashamed and God was man liiniself wonld

so these inen

and the believers rejoiced; and even the blessed

his

\

lifted

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died on is

a

up the head

A-as

23

Thurs.

Mar., and in

Lent,

ii

baseless and the date given

death but withoul

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r

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