Palladius of Aspuna (of Helenopolis)

Palladius Helenopolitanus

Biography

Born in Galatia around 364, Palladius became a monk around 386. Author of the Lausiac History, he spent a few years of monastic life in Palestine, in the circles of Melania the Elder, before going to Egypt, Nitria and then to Kellia where he met Evagrius Ponticus. Around 400, he became bishop of Helenopolis (in Bithynia). Presenting the defence of the exiled John Chrysostom to Pope Innocent I, he was himself exiled in 406 and composed the Dialogue on the Life of Saint John Chrysostom in 408. From Egypt, he finally returned to Galatia, where he may have become Bishop of Aspuna.

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Palladius of Aspuna (of Helenopolis)
Birth date ?

En Galatie

Death date ?

Peut-être en Galatie

Activity Hélènopolis, Bithynia
Group of authors Greece, Minor Asia (including Constantinople)