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Evagrius Ponticus
Christian monk
Evagrius Ponticus | |
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| Born | 345 Ibora (modern-day İverönü, Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey) |
| Died | 399 Scetis (modern-day Egypt) |
| Venerated in | Syriac Orthodox Church Armenian Church[1] |
| Feast | January 16 (Syrian)[2] February 11 (Armenian)[3] |
| Influences | Origen, Didymus the Blind, Anthony the Great, Macarius of Egypt, Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, Melania the Elder |
| Influenced | Palladius of Galatia, Babai the Great, John Cassian, Isidore of Pelusium, The Tall Brothers (Ammonius, Dioscorus, Eusebius, and Euthymius), Melania the Younger, Rufinus of Aquileia, John of Apamea, Isaac the Syrian, John Damascene |
| Major works | The Kephalia Gnostica, The Praktikos, De Oratione |
Evagrius Ponticus (Ancient Greek: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός), also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic from Heraclea, a city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor.
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