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Hierarch · 14th century

Saint Theoleptos Metropolitan of Philadelphia

Also known as Theoleptus of Philadelphia

A monk and metropolitan of Philadelphia, a teacher of the prayer of stillness whose writings on the inner life formed many, among them St Gregory Palamas.

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