About Cyril of Scythopolis
Lived 514 – 557 (aged 42–43). Cyril of Scythopolis was a monk, hagiographer, historian and church historian.
Cyril of Scythopolis (; – ), also known as Cyrillus Scythopolitanus, was a Christian monk, priest and Greek-language hagiographer or historian of monastic life in Palestine in the 6th century AD.
Life Cyril was born in Scythopolis, in the province of Palaestina Secunda, sometime around 525. His father John, a lawyer, supervised his early religious education. This ambitious undertaking was "fostered both by local patriotism and a firm belief in the relationship between holiness and the desert". Severian of Scythopolis (died 452/453) Theodosius the Cenobiarch (c. 423–529)
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Who was Cyril of Scythopolis?
Palestinian monk, biographer (6th century)
When was Cyril of Scythopolis born?
Cyril of Scythopolis was born in 514 in Beit She'an.
When did Cyril of Scythopolis die?
Cyril of Scythopolis died in 557 in Judaean Desert.
What was Cyril of Scythopolis's occupation?
Cyril of Scythopolis was a monk, hagiographer, historian and church historian.
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