History of monks

Title(s):
  • History of monks
  • Vita sanctorum
    (Vita sanctorum, Life of the saints)
  • Liber sanctorum
    (Liber sanctorum, Book of the saints)
  • Vita patrum
    (Vita patrum, Life of the fathers)
  • Vita sanctorum patrum
    (Vita sanctorum patrum, Life of the holy fathers)
  • Conversatio vel vita sanctorum Aegyptiorum
    (Conversatio vel vita sanctorum Aegyptiorum, Life of the saints in Egypt)
  • Liber de vita sanctorum patrum heremitarum
    (Liber de vita sanctorum patrum heremitarum, Book about the life of the saint hermit fathers)
  • Historia monachorum
Period covered:
4th c.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Form (translation)
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
This is a Latin version of the anonymous Greek History of the monks in Egypt.
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