SPEAR Factoids about Poverty

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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: Unlike Šnq who was cruel and rapacious, Thomas devoted his life to the poor, sick, widowed, and orphaned. See factoid page

event: Elijah,Theodore, and their sisters moved from Amida to Melitene in Cappadocia, establishing their business to divide their income among the poor and needy. See factoid page

event: Elijah, Theodore, and their sisters decided to expand their ministry to the maltreated and persecuted believers in Syria, Arabia, Callinicus, selling everything that they owned. 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: Habib brought justice to those being exploited by the rich. See factoid page

event: Though Severus had initiallly held to a strict interpretation of the Church's ordination practices, the poverty and necessity of the Church forced him to change his practices. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 530 and 536, in the month of November,a stranger came to the convent outside of Amida . Dirty and worn out,he stood at vespers and at table without speaking. See factoid page

event: John of Ephesus attempted to provide financial assistance to the poor holy man Priscus by sending a certain gentlemen to give a tremissis (gold coin). Priscus refused and ran away but finally relented and took one follis. 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

event: A certain magistrate from the same village as Maro was an evil man who oppressed widows, orphans, and other unfortunate people. See factoid page

event: Theodore and Elijah committed their business to the glory of God, serving the poor and strangers, practicing their businesses without oaths or corruption. See factoid page

event: Five years after the Council of Chalcedon, when the monastery at Fardaisa was brought to indigence, the brothers approached Addai in his exile. To recover financially, they began planting vineyards throughout the mountains east of Anzetene. Merchants from Cappadocia, who would go as far Syria to buy wine. Selling wine allowed Addai to begin feeding the poor again. See factoid page

event: Monastery authorities were becoming resentful of Hala giving to the poor. See factoid page

event: Anonymous 3720 returned to Priscus and they discussed his mode of life: his poverty and his apparent madness. Priscus explained that he did these things to be left alone in order to pursue God. Anonymous 3720 promised only to reveal his secret to John of Ephesus. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Poverty,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/keyword/poverty.html, 2023-03-23T12:34:28.606-04:00.

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