Photo: Evagrius is depicted in MS 285 of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (dated 1430), from Kaffa, the Armenian monastery of St. Anthony the Great. The vivid colors (not shown here) suggest Evagrius to be less austere than other ascetics depicted in the same work. The MS contains the text for the Li (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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345–399 · Christian Monk

Also known as: Euagrios Pontikos, Euagrios Pontikus, Evagrios Pontikos, Evagrius of Pontus, Evagrius the Solitary, Evagrius von Pontus

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Evagrius Ponticus
Sur les pensées (1998)
Praktikos
Dragon's wine and angel's bread