The life of Syncletica is one of the oldest lives of a woman saint and provides rare testimony to the life of female sanctity in the fifth century. This translation of the life forms Part One of a two-part set, while Part Two provides the first full-length study of the teachings and spiritual background of this most remarkable woman. Anchored firmly in the Scriptures and in everyday, human experience, Syncletica's teachings are as pertinent today as they were fifteen centuries ago. Her meditations, based on astute psychological insights, still have the power to inspire, to encourage, and to challenge latter-day disciples to live authentic Christian lives.
"The most profound example we have of early Christian female monastic instruction."
--Columba Stewart, OSB,
author of 'Cassian the Monk'
"A hagiographical treasure, this Life presents one of the few female spiritual guides to have flourished among the great Desert Fathers."
--Susan Ashbrook Harvey,
author of 'Asceticism and Society
in Crisis: John of Ephesus and The
Lives of the Eastern Saints'
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