Moschus, John

Moschus, John
(c. 550–c. 619)
   Devotional Writer.
   Moschus was a monk who lived at the monastery of St Theodosius in the Holy Land. He travelled widely, however, and he is remembered for his Deimon (‘The meadow’) which was a collection of monastic stories. It was extremely popular.
   H. Chadwick, ‘John Moschus and his friend Sophronius the Sophist’, Journal of Theological Studies, n.s xxv (1974).

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