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Zosimas

By Erik Peterson

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ZOSIMAS. - Ascetic of the 6th century, founder of a monastery near Caesarea in Palestine (Evagrius, Hist. eccl., IV, 7) cited by Dorotheus in his Diversae doctrinae. Some conferences of Z. were transmitted by one of his disciples (PG 78, 1679-1702).

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BIBL.: S. Vailhé, S. Dorothée et st. Zotime, in Echos d'Orient, 4 (1901) pp. 359-63; M. Viller-K. Rahner, Acceae und Mystik in der Väterzeit, Freiburg 1926, p. 161.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1823.

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Peterson, Erik. “Zosimas.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1823. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zosimas.

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Peterson, Erik. “Zosimas.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1823. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zosimas.

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@incollection{ec12_zosimas,
  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {Zosimas},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1823},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zosimas}
}

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