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The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk

St. Jerome

13 min read
Post-Nicene

A short hagiographic life of the Syrian monk Malchus, whom Jerome claimed to have met in person, recounting his enslavement by Saracens, forced marriage, and preservation of monastic chastity.