Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Religious orders

Dendrites

DENDRITI

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DENDRITES. - From the Greek δένδρον, tree; Christian ascetics who, in the Byzantine East, spent part of their lives inside the hollows of large trees. The category of the dendrites was far more restricted than that of the stylites, nor did they ever acquire the popularity of the latter, although their manner of life was no less rigorous and mortified. They were few and known only to some region near the place of their asceticism.

One of the most distinguished is St. David of Thessalonica (Salonika), a native of Mesopotamia, who lived for three years in an almond tree (d. ca. 535; cf. G. Moschus, Pratum Spirituale, 69; PG 87, 2921 and BHG, 493). The same Moschus (ibid., ch. 70, col. 2924) also recounts the story of a monk named Adola, from Mesopotamia, who dwelt in a large plane tree.

Germano Giovanelli

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By Germano Giovanelli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1430.

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Giovanelli, Germano. “Dendriti.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1430. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dendriti.

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Giovanelli, Germano. “Dendriti.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1430. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dendriti.

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@incollection{ec4_dendriti,
  author    = {Giovanelli, Germano},
  title     = {Dendriti},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1430},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/dendriti}
}

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