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Also Known As Simeon the Elder
Born c.390 • Syria
Died 459 • Syria
Subjects Of Study two natures of Christ

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Saint Nilus of Ancyra
Greek abbot
Diadochus Of Photice
theologian
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
Syrian theologian
Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah
Syrian bishop
Leo I
St. Leo I
pope
Rabbula
bishop of Edessa
Apollinaris The Younger
Christian bishop
Saint Felix I
pope
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Syrian bishop
St. Anicetus
St. Anicetus
pope
Origen
Christian theologian
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
Mark The Hermit
Christian theologian
Sophronius
patriarch of Jerusalem
Hesychius Of Jerusalem
Eastern Orthodox monk
Palladius
Galatian monk, bishop, and chronicler
Arsenius the Great
Roman monk
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic