The Lausiac History

THE BROTHER WHO IS WITH THE WRITER^

[i] And now, when I have said a few words about the brother who has been with me from youth until this day, I will end my tale. I know that for a long time he has iiot eaten from desire nor fasted from desire. I consider that he has conquered desire of riches, the greatest part of vainglory. He is satisfied with what he has, he does not deck himself out with clothes, when despised he gives thanks, he runs risks for his close friends, he has engaged in contests with demons a thousand times and more ; so that one day a demon tried to make an agreement with him and said : "Agree to sin just once, and whatever woman you mention to me in the world I will bring her to you." [2] And again on another occasion, after buffeting him for fourteen nights, as he told me, and dragging him by the feet

^ A transparent device by which Palladius speaks about himself.

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in the night he conversed with him audibly : " Cease worshipping Christ and I will not come near you." But he answered and said: "This is why I worship Him and will glorify Him infinitely and adore Him, because you are utterly distasteful to me when I am thus engaged." He has visited 106 cities and stayed in most of them, but by God's mercy he has had nothing to do with a woman, not even in a dream, except for this contest. [3] I know that he received from an angel on three occasions the food he needed. One day, being in the inner desert and having not even a crumb, he found three loaves in his sheepskin still warm. Another time he found wine and loaves. Yet another time I learned that some one said this to him : " You are fainting ; go then and receive from these men food and oil." So he went to the man to whom this man had sent him and said : " Are you so-and-so ? " And he said : " Yes ; some one has ordered you to receive thirty bushels of corn and twelve pints of oil." On behalf "of such a one I will glory," ^ whoever he was. I have known him often weep over men distressed by dire poverty, and he gave them all that he had except his flesh. I have known him also weep over one who had fallen into sin, and by his tears he led the fallen one to repentance. He once assured me on oath : " I prayed God that I might incite no man, especially the rich and wicked, to give me anything for my needs."

[5] But for me it is enough to have been counted worthy of mentioning all these things which I have committed to writing. For it was not without God that your thought was Stirred up to enjoin the writing of this book and the committal to writing of the lives of these

^ 2 Cor. xii. 5, the passage which has suggested this literary device.

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saints. But you at least, most faithful servant of God, reading them with pleasure and accepting their lives and toils and so great endurance as a fitting demonstration of the resurrection, follow them eagerly, nourished with good hope, seeing the days in front of you to be shorter than those behind. [6] Pray for me, keeping yourself such as I knew you from the consulate of Tatian until this day and such as I found you when you had been chosen to be prefect of the most religious bedchamber. For a man whom such honour accompanied by riches and such power have not made incapable of the fear of God, such a one reposes on that Christ Who was told by the devil : "All these things will I give Thee if Thou wilt fall down and worship me." ^

^ Mt. iv. 9.

INDICES

GENERAL

Accidie, 43, 45, 53, 71. 9i

Aelia (= Jerusalem), 160

Africa, 168

Agape, 24, 72

Akhmim, 107

Alexandria, passim

Ancyra, 173^-

Angels, 38

Anlinoe, 127, 163 f.

Antioch, 84, 142, 168

Antiphonal singing, 143

Aquileia, 148

Ascalon, 160

Asceticism in the early Church,

20 Asia Minor, 20, 22 Asyut, 120 Athens, 128 Athos, 53 Athribe, 109 Atripe, 109

Babylon (old Cairo), 91 Bethany, 145 Bethlehem, 127, 141, 168 Bible, use of, 24, 52, 60, 65,

107, 149 f. Bithynia, 16, 124 Blemmyes, II6

Csesarea (Cappadocia), 133, 171

Ccesarea (Palestine), 176

Campania, 168

Cappadocia, 38, 117, 133, 171

Catholic Church, 39

Cellia, 16, 77, 106, 136 f.

Climax, 107

Communion, 24, 76, 85, 104 f.,

108, 113, 118, 165 Confession, 58, S3, 87, 107, 177 Constantinople, 30, 65, 133 f. Corinth, 172 Cross, sign of, 50, 113 Cyrenaica, 103

Dalmatia, 141, 168

Dead Sea, 156

Dead, services and prayers for,

24, 95, 118, 166 Denderah, 112 Diocresarea, 147 Doukas (Dok), 154

Easter, 8 1 Edessa, 139, 142 Egypt, pnssim Epiphany, 137 Ethiopia, 57 Excommunication, 118

Galatia, 16, 145, 173 Gaul, 168 Greece, 128

Helenopolis, 16 Heracles, 91 Hermopolis, 62 Hospitals, 55f., [74

Ibora, 133 Italy, 22, 169

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INDICES

Jericho, 154, 157

Jerusalem, 16, 93 f., 108, 143,

146, 148 Jordan, is6f.

Lazarus, tomb of, 145 Lent, 77, 80 f., 143 Libya, 40, 62 Libyan desert, 80 Lyco, 120 Lycopolis, 120 Lycus, 61

Manichaeans, 44, 130 Mareotis (Maria), Lake, 57, 103 Marmarica, 103 Martyr chapels, 65, 146, 166 Mauretania, 57 MaziccE, 57 Memphis, 125 Mesopotamia, 40 Monasticism, apology for, 26 f. origin of, 21

Naples, 158 Natron, Wady, 57 Niciopolis, 125 Nile, 61, 87, inf., 164 Nitria, passim

Oil, holy, 24, 66, 80, 84 Olives, Mount of, 16, 143 f. Ordination, 64 f. Origenism, 17 Oxyrhyncus, 136

Pabau, 82, 115

Palestine, 15, 24, 40, 124, 147 f.,

168 Panopolis, 109 Pelusium, 160 Persecutions, 21, 50 f.

Persia, 158

Pherme, 90

Philadelphia, 22

Phoenice, 149

Pilgrimages, 15, 41, 146, 148

Pispir, 91

Poemenion, 125

Pontus, 133

Porphy rites, 118, 125

Red Sea, 91, 100 Relics, 145 Rome, passim Rosary, 24, 90

Saints, invocation of, 24, 166 Sarapis, "monks" of, 23 Saturday, 58, 68, 90, 121, 155 Scete, 23, So, 88 f, loi, 106,

149 Sicily, 158, 168 Sinai, Mount, 70 Solitudes, the, 48 Spain, 67, 168 Sparta, 130 Syene, 16, 40 Syria, 40

Tabennisi, 23, 40, 59, 77, 82,

112 f. Tarragona, 168 Teetotalism, 17, 43 f. Textual problems, 17 f. Theadelphia, 22 Thebaid, 16, 40, 72, 82, 95, 112,

121, 124, 163 Thessalonica, 80 Tismense, 112

Vows, monastic, 43

Water, holy, 24, 74

INDICES

PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE LAUSIAC HISTORY

(Scripture characters are not included. A number in brackets denotes that the person will be found in the Dictionary of Christian Biography. Thus "Elias (35)" means that this man is the thirty-fifth among the persons of that name mentioned in the Dictionary, (i) denotes that the person is the first or only one mentioned. The identifications, when doubtful, are marked with a query.)

Ablavius (i), 162

Abramius, 157 f.

Adelphius (?2), 147

Adolia (? i), 141

Adolius, 143

Aenesius, 155

Alaric (i), 168

Albanius, 106, 150

Albina (i), 159, 168

Alexandra, 53 f.

Alypius, 122

Amatas, 91

Amma Talis. See Talis

Ammonius the Tall or Parotes

(i), 62 f., 64 f., 103, 147 f. Amoun (i, = Ammon), 59 f. Antony ( I), 50, 52, 59, 61, 64,

91, 93/-. 97 f-. ioz, 149 Aphthonius, 115 Apollonius (?), 67 Apronianus, 142, 159 Arsisius (i, = Arsesius), 57, 59,

147 Asella, 142 Asion, 57

Athanasius (i), 48, 52, 61, 170 Avita, 142, 159

Basianilla, 141

Basil of Caesarea (i), 133, 146,

161 Benjamin (i), 66 Bosporia, 173

Candida, 162 Candidianus {? 2), 142 Capiton (8, = Capito), 164

Chaeremon (3), 150 Chronius, 149 f. Chrysostom. See John Clement of Alexandria (i), 166 Colly thus (i, = CoUuthus), 166 Constantius the emperor (i),

144, 170 Constantius the prefect, 169 Cronius (2, ? = Chronius), 57,

91 f., 96

Demetrius (? 10), 48

Didymus(i), 51 f., 65

Diodes, 163

Diogenes, 43

Dionysius, 125

Dioscorus the Tall (4), 62, 66,

147. Domninus, 131 Dorotheus of Antinoe, 163 Dorotheus of Athribe (8), no Dorotheus, a Theban ascetic, 48 f. Dracontius (?2), 62

Elias of Athribe (35), 109 f. Elias of Palestine (37), 157 Elpidius (30), 154 f- Ephraim Syrus (4), 139 f. Eucarpius, 150 Eugenius, 121 Eulogius, 92 f. Eunomia, 142 Eusebius the Tall (117), 62 Eusebius the prefect, 170 Eustathius the reader (48), 178 Eustathius of Jericho, 155 Eustochium (i), 141

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INDICES

Euthymius the Tall (3), 62 Evagrius (12), 65 f., 103, 106, 121 f., 132 f., 150

(laddanas, 156 f. Gelasia (i), 163

Gregory Nazianzen (14}, 133, 161

Heron, 106 f., 150 Hesychas, 141 Hierax, 96 Hippolytus (2), 171 Hosia (i, = Ubia), 141

Innocent (? 12), 144 f. Ijaias, 67 f.

Isidore the hospitaller of Alexandria (28), 47 f. Isidore of Hermoijolis (4), 147 Isidore of Scete, 88 f. Isidore (identity uncertain), 62

Jacob the Lame (33), 149

Jerome, 126, 141

John Chrysostom (i), 124, 142,

169 John of Lycopolis (487), 120 f. John, disciple of Macarius, 74 Jovinu-;, 160

Julian of Edessa (104), 142 Julian the Emperor (103), 52,

146 Juliana (i), 171

Lausus (3), 36 f., 42

Macarius of Alexandria (17),

73. 77 f; 104 f. Macarius of Egypt (17, "almost

indistinguishable " from the

above), 7^ f. Macarius, an ex-vicar (?23), 169 Macarius the hospitaller (18),

55 f- Macarius of Pispir (16), 91, 93 f.

Macarius the Younger (19), 69 f.

Magnj, 174

Marcellinus (5), 147

Marcus (? 13), 85

Maximianus (i), 50

Maximus (2), 121

Melania the Elder (i), 53, 61 f.,

85, 135, 147, 158 f., 161, 163 Melania the Younger (2), 159,

163, 167 f. Moses the Libyan, 138 f. Moses the robber, 86 f.

Natbanael (i), 70 f. Nebridius (i), 162 Nectarius (4), 133

Olympias (2), 161 f., 168 Or (I, =Hor), 61 Origen the steward, 62 f. Origen the writer (i), 65, 131,

161, 171 Oxyperentius, 126

Pachomius (i), 59, 81 f, 112 f. Pachon (i, = Pacho), lOl f. Paesius, 67, 69 Pambo (i), 62 f., 68 f., 147 Pammachius (i), 167 Paphnutius (? 5, 6), 85, 147 f. Paphnutius Kephalas (? 5, 6),

Paphnutius, disciple of Macarius, 85 Paul of Dalmatia (57), 168 Paul of Pherme (78), 90 f. Paul the Simple (74), 96 f. Paul, son of Innocent, 144 Paula (2), 126 Paulinus (?6), 148 Peter, an Egyptian, 126 Philoromus, 145 f. Photina, 142

Piamoun (l, = Piamon), III f. Pierius (i), 65, 161 Pinianus (2), 159, 167, 169 Pior(i), 64, 138 f. Pisimius, 147

Piteroum (i, = Pitiroum), 118 f. Plato, 43 Poemenia, 124 Posidonius (i), 125 f. Potamiaena (i), 50 f,

INDICES

Poutoubastes (i, = Pntubastes),

57 Ptolemy, 107 f., 150 Publicola (i), 159 Pythagoras, 43

Rufinus of Aquileia (3), 148 Rufinus the prefect (2), 160

Sabas (3, = Sabbatius), 157

Sabiniana, 142

Sarapion the Great (12, = Sera-

pion), 57, 147 Sarapion the Sindonite (li,

= Serapion), 127 f. Seleucus, 161 Severus, 167 Silvania (i), 160 Simeon, 126 Sisinnius, 156

Solomon (i, = Salomon), 163 Stephen the Libyan (31), 103 f. Stephen the profligate, 150 Stephen the writer, 65, 161

Symmacbus (2), 171

Talis (Amma), 165

Taor (i), 165 f.

Tatian the Consul (?4), 180

Theoctistus, 142

Theodora (7), 141

Theodorus, disciple of Am^un

(67), 61 Theodore of Lycopolis (74), 122 Theodosius the emperor (2),

47, 121 Theosebius, 84

Timothy of Alexandria (7), 64 Timothy the Cappadocian (4),

154 Toxotius (2), 141 Trajan (2), 162

Valens the emperor (5), 147 Valens, a monk, 105 (., 150 Vallovicus, 141 Veneria, 141 Verus, 173 f.

Ill REFERENCES TO ANCIENT WRITERS

PAGE

PAGE

Gen. iii. i

Eccl. vii. 7, 16

Lev. xvi. 10 f.

Cant. iii. II

„ xxi. 17 f.

Isa. xxxiv. 14 .

2 Kings V. 27 .

,, Ixi. 10

Job vi. 6 .

Ezek. xvi. 12 .

„ xl. 3

Dan. iii. .

Psalm V. 6 (7) .

Wisd. iv. 13 .

,, xxiii. (xxiv.) 3, 4

Ecclus. viii. 9 .

„ xlix. (1.) 16 .

,, xix. 30

,, xc. (xci.) 10 .

I Mace. xvi. 15

,, ciii. (civ.) 20.

St. Matt. iv. 9

,, cxviii. (cxix. ) 66

. 152

V.5.

,, cxlv. (cxlvi.) 8

„ vii. 16

Prov. ix. 12 . .

„ ix. II

„ xi. 14 .

>> xi. 7

„ xii. 17 .

. lOI

xi. 18, 19.

,, xxiv. 27 .

. 41

„ xi. 29

,, xxxi. 8 ,

. 41

„ xii. 43 .

. 27

INDICES

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PAGE

St. Matt. xvii. 7

I St. Jn. ii. 18 . 20,

,, xviii. 24 .

„ v. 21.

,, xix. 12

,, xix. 24 .

Acta S. Perpetuae .

„ xxi. 32 .

Athanasius, Vit. Ant. 12 .

St. Mark ii. 18.

1, .. 49,50

vii. 3

60 59, 61

,, xii. 42

>, „ 91 •

St. Luke i- 3 .

,, ii. 3 •

Basil, de ludicio Dei,

91 V. 30

214 E .

M V. 31

Basil, Ep. 24 .

„ ix. 12

„ „ 258,259.

,, ix. 23

„ „ 291

.» X. 34

» xiii. 15

Cassian, Coll. I. 21 .

M xiv. 5

„ xiv. 27

„ xviii. 22 .

72 69 69

„ V. 12

„ XIV. 4 .

„ XXIV. 26 .

55 120

„ xviii. 43 .

• 85

,, Inst. I.

"3

i«5 120

,, xxi. 2 St. John v. 14 .

63 154

» IV. . .

,, „ IV. 23-26 . Chrysostom, Horn, in Matt. viii. .

Acts XV. 20 Rom. i. 21, 26, 28 . ,, xii. 8 .

162 154

IS

I Clement, 38 .

,, xiv. 23 ,

y— t • • • t~t

Clement of Alexandria,

I Cor. 111. 18 .

Paed. III. 5

„ vi. 9 . „ vii. 9 .

45 88

Cyprian, de Hab Virg. 19

,, vii. 16 . „ vii. 29 .

167 20

Didache 6 . . .

,, ix. 25 .

Eusebiu.s, Comm. in Ps.

,, XV. 32 .

1 • ■ *

2 Cor. xii. 5 „ xii. 7 .

179 153

Ixxxui. 4 . ,, Demon. Evang.

I. 9 . .

Hist.Eccl.Vl.s

„ VI. 17

„ VI. 42

Gal. i. 10 „ i. 18 ,, iii. 28 „ v. 22

• 45

,, vi. 14

Epl). iv. 26

Gennadius, de vir. illust. 7

Phil. i. 23

"5

2 Thoss. iii. 8 .

I Tim. i. 9

Gregory of Nyssa, in XL.

„ vi. 20 .

Mart

2 Tim. iv. 17 .

Heb. xi. 32

Historia Monachorum,

,, xii. 16 .

proi. 10 . . .

I St. Pet. v. 13

Historia Monachorum, I.

INDICES

PAGE

PAGE

Historia Monachorum,

Sozomen, i/is^. £cc/. I. 12

> J

I. 14

Historia Monachorum,

>>

„ III. 14

XXIII.

57, 73. 77,

93,

Historia Monachorum,

112, 142

XXVIII. .

)>

„ III. 15

SI

Historia Monachorum,

]»

III. 16

XXIX.

)i

V.6 .

Historia Monachorum,

VI. 29

66, 69, 85, 86

90,

loi, 103, 138

Ignatius, ad Polyc. 5

»j

„ VI. 30

Rom. 5 .

57, 64, 132,

)9

., VI. 34

Jerome, de vir. illiist. 109

) f

., Vir.19

Ep. 24

))

„ VIII.2

,, Vita Pauli

1 )

„ VIII. 12

47,62

Paulinus of Nola, Ep. 29 147

Sulpitius III. 8 .

Severus, Dial.

Rufinus, Apol. II. 26

Tertullian,

de Cor. 13

Socrates, Hist. Eccl. IV.

) J

de Idol.

23 . . 59, 64, 132

,137

Theodoret

, Hist. Eccl.

Socrates, Hist. Eccl. IV. 25

III. 24

. • •

„ V.22

Tiieodoret

, Hist. Eccl.

VI. 9

IV. 26 .

.

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IV MODERN WRITERS

Bardenhevver, 133 Bliss, 59

Budge, 34, 41, 68, 96 Butler, passim

Cabrol, 33

Clarke, 20, 33, 43, 53, 117

Duchesne, 20, 33, 47, 57, 58 du Due, 18

Gibbon, 121, 160 Gurney, 59

Hannay, 20 Herbert, George, 117

Jackson, 43

Kingsley, 29 Krottenthaler, 33, 128

Ladeuze, 33, 11 2-1 17 Leclercq, 33 Lightfoot, 67

Lucot, viii. 32, 34, 53, 62, III, 129

i88 INDICES

Mitteis-Wilcken, 22, 75, iii, Schlirer, 78

122 Scott-Moncrieff, 18

Maclean, 72 Sethe, 23

Morin, 28 Sophocles, 84, 119

Swete, 171 Newman, 29

Tennyson, 27 Faget, 43 Tillemont, 18, 149

Preuschen, 18, 19, 23 Turner, 32, 34, 49, 53. 78, m,

Ramsay, 155 '^°' '^^' '^^' '^°

Reid, 38, 141, 169

Reitzenstein, 23, 25, 56, 96, 119, Weingarten, 17

127, 128 Robinson, 53 Rosweyd, 17-19 Zockler, 33, 133

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