The Lausiac History

Palladius of Galatia · c. 419-420 AD

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Section 45

CHAPTER XLII. — JULIAN

[I HAVE heard of a certain Julian in the region of Edessa, a very ascetic man, who wore away his flesh till it was so thin that he carried about only skin and bone. At the very end of his life he was counted worthy of the honour of the gift of healing.]