Bessarion the Great

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Bessarion the Great , also Passarion , (4th / 5th centuries) was an Egyptian anchorite and miracle worker of Egypt.

Bessarion is known as a miracle worker and founder of a hospice near Jerusalem and a monastery on Zion . In order to become a hermit, he went on pilgrimages, during which he met other hermits: for example, he visited Kyrillos of Scythopolis and in 429 accompanied the patriarch Juvenal of Jerusalem to the consecration of Euthymios laura . According to legend , he brought Emperor Theodosius II the right hand of St. Stephen . Bessarion lived in the desert and is said to have always carried a copy of the four Gospels with him. He gave his only piece of clothing to a beggar and eventually even sold his book to distribute the money to the poor.

In the Russian Orthodox Church , Bessarion is celebrated on February 20, in the Greek Orthodox Church on June 6, and in the Catholic Church on June 17.

literature

  • Philipp Loos: History of the oldest Christian hermits in the deserts of the Orient. Collected from the most proven contemporary writers and edited in an excerpt. Vol. 1, Weygand, Leipzig 1787, p. 417 ( digitized version ).
  • Bessarion. In: Lexicon for Theology and Church . Second volume: Barontus to Cölestiner. Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 1958 (special edition), ISBN 3-451-20756-7 , Sp. 301-302.
personal data
SURNAME Bessarion the Great
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bessarion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian anchorite and miracle worker
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century or 5th century
DATE OF DEATH 5th century