Evagrius Ponticus
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Christian Monk
Key facts
- Born
- 345, Ibora , (modern-day İverönü, Erbaa , Tokat , Turkey )
- Died
- 399, Scetis , (modern-day Egypt )
- Venerated in
- Syriac Orthodox Church , Armenian Church
- Feast
- January 16 (Syrian) , February 11 (Armenian)
- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Ibora
- Place of death
- Egypt
- Occupation
- ascetic
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Student of
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Image
- Evagrius 1.jpg
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- influenced by
- Melania the Elder
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of birth
- 0345-01-01
- date of death
- 0399-01-01
- time period
- Roman Empire
- Commons category
- Evagrius Ponticus
- feast day
- February 11
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Encyclopedic overview
Evagrius Ponticus (left), John of Sinai, and an unknown saint. 17th-century icon.
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. One of the most influential theologians in the late fourth-century church, he was well known as a thinker, polished speaker, and gifted writer. He left a promising ecclesiastical career in Constantinople and traveled to Jerusalem, where in 383 AD he became a monk at the monastery of Rufinus and Melania the Elder. He then went to Egypt and spent the remaining years of his life in Nitria and Kellia, marked by years of asceticism and writing. He was a disciple of several influential contemporary church leaders, including Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Macarius of Egypt. He was a teacher of others, including John Cassian and Palladius of Galatia.
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