Theophonia the divine voice

Anonymous early biographer

The Life of Daniel the Stylite

The life recounts Daniel’s ascetic witness as a stylite in the Byzantine world. Its historical introduction situates his holiness within the development of Christian monastic life.

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  • Stylite asceticism
  • Byzantine monastic life
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