Euthymius the Great | |
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| Born | 377 Melitene, Lesser Armenia (modern-day Malatya, Turkey) |
| Died | 20 January 473 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism |
| Feast | January 20 |
Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Euthymius' vita was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism.[1] He nevertheless played a decisive role in helping the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) prevail in Jerusalem, in spite of the majority of the monks in the region opposing it.[1]
- ^ a b Binns, John (April 2011). Hans D. Betz; Don S. Browning; Bernd Janowski [in German]; Eberhard Jüngel (eds.). Euthymius the Great. BRILL. Retrieved 8 February 2022.