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Comprised of biographical sketches of early monastics, Palladius has written an important collection on sixty holy men and women whom he had personally met. The work, dating from around AD 420, is dedicated to Lausus, the royal chamberlain at the court of Emperor Theodosius II.

1. The aforementioned blessed Isidore54 had met Antony55 of sacred memory and told me of an incident well worth recording which he had heard from him. This was about a graceful maiden named Potamiaena,56 a slave of someone or other during the time of Maximian the persecutor.57 Her master was unable to seduce her with fervent and oft-repeated arguments. 2. Finally he became enraged and handed her over to the prefect of Alexandria. He denounced her as a Christian and as one who blasphemed
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