SPEAR Factoids about

Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Zacharias See factoid page

Sex:

Zacharias was male See factoid page

Sanctity:

Zacharias was a holy person. See factoid page

Relationships

Zacharias and John of Ephesus had a close friendship. See factoid page

John of Ephesus commemorated Zacharias as a holy person. See factoid page

Zacharias and Anonymi 3772 were monastics residing in the same monastery. See factoid page

Events

Many miracles came about through the prayers and the bones of Zacharias. See factoid page

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Zacharias pursued the ascetic practice of always keeping a stone in his mouth that kept him from speaking superfluously. Anonymi 3772 followed him in this practice. See factoid page

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Zacharias bound a cord around his hand containing three knots. The first was to remind him to guard his thoughts. The second was to remind him to keep God in his mind. The third was to remind him to keep the commandments of God. See factoid page

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Sworn to secrecy by Zacharias, John of Ephesus did not reveal his ascetic practices to others until after the saint had died. See factoid page

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