Hyperechios

Hyperechios or Hyperechius was a Christian ascetic and monastic writer who was active during the late 4th century or early 5th century A.D. He most likely lived in Egypt or Roman Palestine. He is known from the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, as well as a collection of 160 sayings known as the Exhortation to the Monks .

Name The name Hyperéchios is derived from the Greek hyperéchein [hyperéchō], meaning, ‘to be above,’ ‘to rise over,’ or ‘to transcend.’ contains 18 more alphabetically organized sayings from MS Vatican grec 440 (12th century) and MS Cambridge, Trinity College, O.9.17 (11th–12th century).