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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1101–1200

The Twelfth Century

1 work

c. 1100–1110

Greek

The Life of Lazarus of Mount Galesion

Gregory the Cellarer · 11th century

A stylite near Ephesus who lived on a pillar for decades, receiving visitors, arbitrating disputes, and quarrelling with his own monks about the food.

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