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Eusebius the Hermit

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Saint Eusebius the Hermit was a fourth-century Syrian monk.[1][2]

Eusebius undertook a rigorously ascetic lifestyle without shelter near a mountain village named Asicha.

According to Eastern Christian sources:

Though he was elderly and infirm, he ate only fifteen figs during the Great Forty day Fast. When many people began to flock to St. Eusebius, he went to a nearby monastery, built a small enclosure at the monastery walls and lived in it until his death.[3]

Saint Eusebius the Hermit of Syria is commemorated 15 February by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.

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  1. ^ "Venerable Eusebius the Hermit of Syria". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ Sanidopoulos, John. "Saint Eusebius the Hermit of Asikha". Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  3. ^ Venerable Eusebius the Hermit of Syria