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Venerable Thalelaeus the Hermit of Syria

Also known as Thalelaios · Thalelaeus the Unmercenary

A Syrian ascetic who enclosed himself in a small hut and wept continually for his sins. Numbered among the unmercenary physicians, he healed the sick and converted many pagans, reposing about the year 460.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints