• Leontius of Damascus (fl. 790–821) was a Syrian monk who wrote a biography in Greek of his teacher, Stephen of Mar Saba. It emphasises Stephen's asceticism...
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  • Leontius or Leontios (died 705) was a Byzantine emperor. Leontius or Leontios may also refer to: Leontius of Antioch or Leontius the Eunuch (4th century)...
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    al-Fakhuri (fl. 910) translated works of Leontius of Damascus and Barsanuphius of Gaza. Mar Saba was the home of the famous Georgian monk and scribe Ioane-Zosime...
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  • Patrologia Graeca (category Publications of patristic texts)
    Cyprus, Leontius of Damascus PG 94-95: John of Damascus PG 96: John of Damascus, John of Nicæa, Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, Joannes of Eubœa PG...
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    whole theology of the Great Fast". The events of the time are recorded in the writings of Leontius of Damascus in his book The Life of St. Stephen the...
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  • Early medieval literature (category History of literature)
    Nineveh, Barsanuphius of Palestine, Eustathius monk, Emperor Justinian, Agapetus the Deacon, Leontius Byzantinus PG 86b: Leontius Byzantinus (continuation)...
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    Stephen of Thebes in its Slavonic translation. On the All-Night Vigils is in fact an extract from the Greek Life of Stephen the Sabaite by Leontius of Damascus...
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  • Leontios Leontios of Neapolis Leontius, Patriarch of Constantinople Leontius (usurper) Leontius of Bulgaria Leontius of Damascus Leontius of Jerusalem Leontios...
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    The revolt found a leader in a professional but disgraced soldier, Leontius. Leontius was in prison when a monk once told him that he would one day wear...
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    return for the establishment of Byzantine protectorate over the kingdom and restoration of the Orthodox patriarch, Leontius II, in Jerusalem. As Raynald's...
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    in order to prevent any bloodshed. Emperor Leontius, only in the third year of his reign, soon learnt of the events that befell Africa and undertook...
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  • Indicopleustes Eustathius of Thessalonica Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople Hesychius of Miletus Kekaumenos Leontios of Neapolis Leontius (writer) Joannes...
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    al-Khattab. Sophronius was born in Damascus around 560. He has been claimed to be of Byzantine Greek or Syriac descent. A teacher of rhetoric, Sophronius became...
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    emperor of Armenian and Syrian origins. Cassiodorus – Roman statesman and renowned scholar. Avidius Cassius – Roman general and usurper. Leontius (usurper)...
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  • (963–1000) Arsenius (1000–1010) Theophilus (1010–1020) George II (1021–1051) Leontius (1052–1059) Alexander II (1059–1062) John VI Kodonatos (1062–1100) Eulogius...
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  • translation, around 895, of On Orthodox Christianity by the Byzantine theologian John of Damascus. He is also the author of several original works and...
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  • known as Pope John III of Samanoud. During his papacy the Muslim ruler in Damascus was Marwan I as after the death of Yazid, the son of Mu'âwiyah and his son...
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  • List of saints List of Eastern Orthodox saints List of canonizations, for a list of Catholic canonizations by date Calendar of saints Doctor of the Church...
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  • is a list of Christian Church Fathers. Roman Catholics generally regard the Patristic period to have ended with the death of John of Damascus in 749.[citation...
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  • A.N. (1980), Byzantium in the Seventh Century, Volume V: Justinian II, Leontius and Tiberius, 685–711, Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, pp. 34–38, ISBN 90-256-0852-3...
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    يوسف عبسي; Latin: Iosephus Absi; born June 20, 1946, in Damascus, Syria) is the current patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, serving since June...
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  • placed either in 333, or in 334. The end of Leontius' episcopate is placed either in 357, or in 358. The end of Porphyrus' episcopate is placed either in...
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  • Niketas II Mountanes (1186–1189) 122. Dositheus (1189) (9 days) 123. Leontius Theotokites (1189) Dositheus (1189–1191), restored 124. George II Xiphilinos...
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    Arab base at Bahnasa. Judging that Amr would soon be defeated, Leontius left only half of his men there, going back to Babylon with the other half. The...
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    Leo III the Isaurian (category Byzantine people of the Arab–Byzantine wars)
    writings of Germanus and John of Damascus which appear to describe a kind of initial or moderate stage of iconoclasm. Leo reformed the silention, a type of restricted...
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    Ascalon (redirect from History of Ashkelon)
    Jobinus in a synod held in Lydda in 415, Leontius in both the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449 and the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Bishop Dionysius, who...
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    James the Just, or a variation of James, brother of the Lord (Latin: Iacobus from Hebrew: יעקב, Ya'aqov and ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἰάκωβος, Iákōbos, can also...
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    archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady (Arabic: كاتدرائية سيدة النياح للروم الملكيين في دمشق) in Damascus, Syria. It was visited by Pope...
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  • Brian E. Daley (category American historians of religion)
    Oxford under the supervision of Henry Chadwick. He defended his thesis, entitled "Leontius of Byzantium: A Critical Edition of his Works, with Prolegomena...
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    Monreale Cathedral mosaics (category Passion of Jesus in art)
    internal feature of Monreale Cathedral in the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy; the mosaics cover 6,500 m2. It was constructed at the orders of King William...
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