Palladius of Helenopolis

Palladius spent about a decade among the monks of Egypt (Nitria, Kellia, and the Thebaid) before becoming bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia. He supported John Chrysostom, was exiled for it, and then wrote the Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom (ca. 408). About 419-420 he wrote the Lausiac History, a collection of lives and sayings of ascetics, for Lausus, an official at the imperial court.

Dates

ca. 364-before 431 (approximate)

See or city

Helenopolis

Region

Bithynia

Also known as

Palladius of Galatia; Palladius of Aspuna

Notes

Monk in Egypt and Palestine, bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia (ca. 400), a defender of John Chrysostom, exiled to Egypt, later bishop of Aspuna in Galatia. Some modern scholars distinguish the author of the Dialogue from the author of the Lausiac History; the tradition treats them as one man.

Works

• The Lausiac HistoryHistoria Lausiaca · ca. 419-420 · CPG 6036 (not yet checked)
• Dialogue on the Life of John ChrysostomDialogus de vita sancti Ioannis Chrysostomi · ca. 408 · CPG 6037 (not yet checked)