THE FATHERS OF THE DESERT

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF
THE COUNTESS HAHN-HAHN

By

EMILY F. BOWDEN

The Spiritual Life of the first Six Centuries

By

JOHN BERNARD DALGAIRNS

CHRISTIANITY IN FREEDOM.
CHRISTIAN WORSHIP.
FEASTS AND FASTS.
THE BOSPHORUS AND THE NILE.
THE ANCHORITES.
THE DESERT.
PAUL OF THEBES. 229—342.
ST. ANTONY. 251—356.
ST. HILARION. 291—371.
PAUL THE SIMPLE. Died at the end of the 4th century.
AMMON, ABBOT OF NITRIA. Died about the middle of the 4th century.
ST. PACHOMIUS, ABBOT OF TABENNA. 292—348.
SERAPION THE SINDONITE. Died in the 4th century.
ST. ARSENIUS. 55—450.
THE BLESSED MOSES. Died in the 5th century.
BROTHER VALENS, BROTHER ERO AND BROTHER PTOLEMY. Died in the 5th century.
ST. EPHREM THE SYRIAN. 306—378.
ST. MACRINA. Born 328—Died 379.
THE BLESSED MARANA AND THE BLESSED CYRA Died in the 5th century.
ST. THAIS. Died in the 4th century.
ST. PELAGIA. Died in the 5th century.
ST. SIMEON STYLITES. Born 388—Died 459.
ST. NILUS. Died in the 5th century.
ST. JOHN CLIMACUS. Born 525—Died 605.
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE GRACCHI.
ST. MARCELLA. Died 410.
THE BLESSED FABIOLA. Died 400.
THE BLESSED PAULA. Born 347—Died 405.
THE TWO MELANIAS Died 410 and 439.