Professor of Philosophy
Translated by John Wortley
Discovered by a hunter in the forests of Kursk in 1295
where happiness reigns no matter what life may bring
His writings influenced the theology of John Cassian
The Lausiac History type_Incense Professor of PhilosophyBorn in Galatia in the 360s, Palladius enrolled as a monk on the Mount of Olives in his early twenties. As a monk, he traveled to Alexandria, the desert of Nitria, the Cells, Palestine, Rome, and the Thebaid. During his travels he encountered Rufinus of Aquileia, Melania the Elder, the hermit Dorotheos, Macarius of Alexandria, Evagrius of Pontus, Jerome of Bethlehem, and John Chrysostom. He wrote this elegant account of his visits to various monastic