Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forward -- Plates -- Introduction 1 -- 1. Leontios as a Twelfth-Century Saint 1 -- 2. The Monastery of Patmos and Leontios 7 -- 3. Leontios' Writings 9 -- 4. The Composition of Leontios' Life 11 -- i. The Author 11 -- ii. Place and Date of Composition; Place of Delivery 13 -- iii. The Literary Form of the Life 18 -- 5. Historical Information and Accuracy of the Life 23 -- 6. The Manuscripts 25 -- 7. Previous Editions - The Text 27 -- 8. Chronology 29 -- Text and Translation 32 -- Commentary 161 -- Bibliography 214 -- Index of Greek Words 223 -- i. Index nominum 223 -- ii. Index graecitatis 224 -- Index to Biblical and Other Quotations 245 -- General Index 246.

This book is a biography of St. Leontios, who lived in the 12th century, written by one of his disciples in the early years of the 13th century. Leontios was Abbot of the celebrated Monastery of St. John the Theologian in the Aegean island of Patmos and later became Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. This study provides a critical edition of the text of The Life of Leontios , an English translation and an extensive commentary on various subjects such as history, language, theology, monasticism and prosopography. The Life of Leontios is an important and interesting hagiographical work, not only because of the historical information it provides, but also because it is one of the few existing Byzantine historiographies of this period.

Description based on print version record.