Leontios of Neapolis
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Leontios was Bishop of Neapolis (Limassol
) in Cyprus
in the 7th century AD.
Works: Life of St. John the Merciful, commissioned by the archbishop of Constantia Arcadius
, Life of Simeon the Holy Fool
, a lost "Life of Spyridon" and an apologia against Jews
. His works are considered among the few works giving any insight into the vernacular Greek
of Early and Middle Byzantium.
He was probably present at the Lateran council
in Rome
in 649.
Limassol
Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the...
) in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
in the 7th century AD.
Works: Life of St. John the Merciful, commissioned by the archbishop of Constantia Arcadius
Salamis, Cyprus
Salamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his...
, Life of Simeon the Holy Fool
Simeon the Holy Fool
Simeon the Holy Fool was a Christian monk, hermit and saint of the sixth century AD...
, a lost "Life of Spyridon" and an apologia against Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
. His works are considered among the few works giving any insight into the vernacular Greek
Medieval Greek
Medieval Greek, also known as Byzantine Greek, is the stage of the Greek language between the beginning of the Middle Ages around 600 and the Ottoman conquest of the city of Constantinople in 1453. The latter date marked the end of the Middle Ages in Southeast Europe...
of Early and Middle Byzantium.
He was probably present at the Lateran council
Lateran council
The Lateran councils were ecclesiastical councils or synods of the Catholic Church held at Rome in the Lateran Palace next to the Lateran Basilica. Ranking as a papal cathedral, this became a much-favored place of assembly for ecclesiastical councils both in antiquity and more especially during...
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 649.
External links
- Derek Krueger: Symeon the Holy Fool: Leontius' Life and the Late Antique City, Berkeley: University of California Press 1996.
- Jan Hofstra: Leontius von Neapolis und Symeon der heilige Narr, ein Pastor als Hagiograph, Diss. Groningen 2008, ISBN 978-90-805673-5-1