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Venerable (Monastic) · 12th century

Venerable Peter of Damascus

Also known as Peter the Damascene · Petros Damaskinos · بطرس الدمشقي

An ascetic writer whose spiritual treatises are preserved in the Philokalia. His dates are uncertain, with sources placing him in the eighth or twelfth century.

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Notable Works

Treasury of Divine Knowledge

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Notes

Dating uncertain (8th or 12th c.). Author of the 'Treasury of Divine Knowledge' included in the Philokalia.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; the Philokalia