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Evagrius Ponticus: Quick Facts

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Born 346 • Turkey
Died 399 (aged 53) • Egypt
Subjects Of Study asceticism • meditation • mysticism • prayer
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Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
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Augustine Baker
English monk
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Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Greek monk
Seraphim of Sarov, Saint
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monk
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Origen
Christian theologian
St. Basil the Great
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
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Mark The Hermit
Christian theologian
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Macarius the Egyptian
Egyptian monk
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Palladius
Galatian monk, bishop, and chronicler
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
French abbot
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Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
The second founder of the Franciscans, St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
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Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
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al-Muḥāsibī
Muslim theologian
Gerson, engraving
Jean de Gerson
French theologian
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Syrian author