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Name variant(s):

Paul the Anchorite See factoid page

Place of residence:

Paul resided in Sophanene. See factoid page

Sanctity:

Paul was a saint. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Paul was an anchorite. See factoid page

Relationships

John of Ephesus commemorated Paul. See factoid page

Mara the Solitary studied under Paul the Mourner. See factoid page

Events

After much prayer,Mare was led by God to Paul the Anchorite who received him as his student. See factoid page

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After spending five years with Paul,Mare exceeded his teacher in prayer, asceticism, and moderation. Many criticized Mare for the severity of his practices. See factoid page

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While staying with Paul,Mare was tired of being pestered by his family, so he left Syria and journeyed to Egypt and Thebais, where he went to and fro in the desert with the saints, observing the prayer practices of monks and solitaries. See factoid page

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Paul went to a certain large cave in the side of a certain high rock on the banks of the Tigris at a place called Surtha, and he erected a cross and traced the plan for a small oratory. See factoid page

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Paul entered a cave filled with malignent fiends and planted a cross and hung up relics of saints. See factoid page

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Paul made an altar and a chapel in his cave. See factoid page

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A monastery was built at the site of Paul's cave. See factoid page

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After Paul's death miracles were everywhere wrought through his holy bones, men taking his skull and going round the districts, and, wheresoever locusts came, or hail or a scorching wind or bubonic plague, and his right hand or his head went, God would straighlway make deliverance. See factoid page

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