Monk father

Various people are commonly referred to as monk fathers ("Rabban Ata"):

• Anthony the Great (around 251–356)
• Basil the Great (around 330–379)
• Johannes Cassian (around 360-around 435)
• Senute (5th century), 451 participants in the Council of Ephesus
• Sabas (439-532), Palestine see Mar Saba monastery named after him and Kastellion
• Benedict of Nursia (around 480-547)
• Fructuosus (+ 675), Spain
• Ivan Rilski (876-946)

literature

• Walter Nigg (Ed.): Monk Fathers of the East in the Early Middle Ages . Patmos, Düsseldorf, 1964, DNB 453423450
• Fairy von Lilienfeld : Basil the Great and the monk fathers of the desert . 1969
• Gertrude Sartory, Thomas Sartory (ed.): Help in life from the desert: the old monk fathers as therapists . Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna, 1985, ISBN 978-3-451-27482-4
• Josef Weismayer (Hrsg.): Monk fathers and founders of orders: men and women in the discipline of Jesus . Echter, Würzburg, 1991, ISBN 978-3-429-01395-0
• Michael Schneider : In the school of the monk fathers . Koinonia-Oriens eV, Cologne, 1999, ISBN 978-3-933001-33-7

Web links

• Texts of the monk fathers (PDF)

See also

• Desert fathers