Silvanus of Gaza


Silvanus
BornPalestine
ResidenceScetes
Diedbefore 414 AD
Gaza
CanonizedPre-Congregation
InfluencedZeno the Prophet
Tradition or genre
Fathers of the desert

Abba Silvanus (died before 414) was a Palestinian Christian monk who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries. He was one of the Desert Fathers.[1]

  1. ^ Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications. ISBN 0-87907-959-2.