SPEAR Factoids about Dress

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event: While wandering, Kashish changed the monastic habit for lay attire. He made baskets, fans, and hats. From his labor, he earned just enough money to support himself, and gave the rest to the poor. He ate wild herbs and fruit. See factoid page

event: After the death of John, Sosiana gave expensive clothing and textiles as well as silver dishes and chalices to John of Ephesus for the adornment of church altars. She gave the rest of her possessions to the poor. See factoid page

event: Paul, patriarch of Antioch extended his ministry to the poor to the banks on all sides of Constantinople and in the nearby cities of Chalcedon, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Prusias, and Heraclea, as far as the sea of Pontus. He bought and distributed clothing and bathed the poor and strangers. See factoid page

event: Mare confronted Justinian and Theodora concerning the persecution. Because of his words and dress, they esteemed him a holy man, and gave him a hundred weight of gold, which he promptly threw away. See factoid page

event: Many began to flock to Mare for a blessing, and they were amazed at his prayer and dress. Mare refused to eat anything that was not produced by the labour of his hands. See factoid page

event: John of Ephesus attempted to provide assistance to the poor holy man Priscus by sending a certain gentlemen to give him a tunic and a cloak. See factoid page

event: The Convent treated all men kindly, zealously feeding, washing, and providing for the poor. See factoid page

: Simeon had long hair that marked his ascetic profession and wore a habit that marked him as an anchorite. See factoid page

event: Paul, patriarch of Antioch used to take poor, old, and sick people at night and bathe and anoint them, mend and change the clothes of the needy, provide them drink and small coins, and them take them back to their place. See factoid page

: Kashish changed the monastic habit for lay attire, dressed as a poor, ordinary man and grew his hear out in the lay fashion. See factoid page

event: John describes the lengthy process by which men enter the monastery of Anonymous 3762. After one month of testing they may become penitents, after three months they many be partially tonsured and wear a limited monastic habit. Only after three years they may become monks, fully tonsured and wearing the complete habit. See factoid page

event: When strangers came to the monastery Hala would wash and annoint them. See factoid page

event: Many of the great and eminent men of Antioch disguised themselves in poor apparel, carried the chairs of the sick and poor, and provided for them according to their ability. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Dress,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/keyword/dress.html, 2023-03-23T12:34:00.718-04:00.

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