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Venerable (Monastic) · 4th century

Hesychius the Presbyter of Jerusalem

Also known as Hesychios of Jerusalem · Hesychius the Presbyter

A learned presbyter of Jerusalem who, after mastering the Holy Scriptures, devoted himself to the ascetic life and composed numerous spiritual treatises and scriptural commentaries.

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On the Holy Scriptures

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints