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Also Known As Saint Sabbas
Born January 439 • Turkey
Died December 5, 532 (aged 93) • near Jerusalem • Israel • (Anniversary in 2 days)
Founder Palestine
Subjects Of Study two natures of Christ
Origen
Christian theologian
Saint Theodosius of Palestine
Asian saint
“Saint Anthony”
St. Anthony of Egypt
Egyptian monk
Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot
Saint Hilarion
Palestinian monk
St. Euthymius the Great
Eastern Orthodox monk
Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life
St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
St. Benedict of Nursia
St. Benedict
Italian monk
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
Syrian theologian
Macarius the Egyptian
Egyptian monk
Leo I
St. Leo I
pope
Hesychius Of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox monk
Palladius
Galatian monk, bishop, and chronicler
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Arsenius the Great
Roman monk
Pelagius
Christian theologian