Anonymus 293

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M IX
ReligionChristian
LocationsThessalonike
Textual SourcesVita Gregorii Decapolitae, by Ignatius the Deacon,ed. F. Dvornik, La Vie de Saint Grégoire le Décapolite et les Slaves macédoniens au IXe siècle (Paris, 1926), pp. 45-75 (hagiography)

Anonymus 293 was a layman (κοσμικός τις) and a close friend of Gregory the Decapolite (Gregorios 79); he approached Gregorios 79 once with a gift, hoping for a blessing, but was warned instead to prepare for his approaching death; Anonymus 293 therefore went away, gave his property to the poor, received the tonsure and became a monk and then died: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 23.

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