Antiochus Strategos part 24

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After this, a priest who came from Spain to St. Benedict’s and stayed there asked permission of Abbot Petronax to go to Rome. When...

Antiochus Strategos part 27

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Willibald and Mother Church, like a hen that cherishes her offspring beneath her wings, won over many adoptive sons to the Lord, protecting them...

War with the Scyths part 1

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War with the Scyths (1087-90) I at the approach of spring Tzelgu (the supreme commander of the Scythian army) crossed the passes above the Danube...

War with the Scyths part 2

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II In this manner, then, the Scythians were driven out from the districts round Macedonia and Philippopolis, but they returned and encamped beside the...

Antiochus Strategos part 12

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If Miletus is meant, the pilgrims must have landed there before reaching Patara. The only place between Patara and Chelidonia is a town,...

War with the Scyths part 9

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After saying this and encouraging the others, he was the first to dash like a firebrand upon the Scythians and struck at the first...

Antiochus Strategos part 3

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How many souls were slain in the reservoir of Mamel! How many perished of hunger and thirst! How many priests and monks were massacred...

Antiochus Strategos part 4

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His notices of the Holy Places at Jerusalem, however, are of the highest interest, and some of them are of great archaeological value. Among...

Antiochus Strategos part 5

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I know that it may seem very bold on my part to write this book when there are so many holy priests capable of...

Antiochus Strategos part 6

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There before the cross they laid him. Then they began earnestly to implore God, the Maker of all things, to bring them consolation and...

John of Damascus part 12

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