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Line 1: '''Cyril of Scythopolis''' (ADca. 525-~~558~~559<ref name=OxfordDictByzantium>{{cite book\|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium\|chapter=Cyril of Scythopolis\|publisher=Oxford Univerity Press\|date=1991\|place=New York, Oxford\|editor-first=Alexander P.\|editor-last=Kazhdan}}</ref> CE), also known as '''Cyrillus Scythopolitanus''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: {{lang\|grc\|Κύριλλος ὁ Σκυθοπολίτης}}, ''Kyrillos ho Skythopolitēs''), was a [[Christian]] monk, priest and [[Koine Greek\|Greek]]<ref>Byzantium and the Arabs in the sixth century By Irfan Shahīd Page 156 ISBN 0-88402-284-6 (2002)</ref> [[hagiographer]] or [[historian]] of monastic life in [[~~Scythopolis~~Palestine]] ~~(Palestine)~~ in the early years of Christianity (6th century ADCE). ~~He described seven lives of Palestinian saint monks after his arrival at the [[Laura of Euthymius\|monastery of New Laura]] in 555.<ref>{{CathEncy\|wstitle=Scythopolis}}</ref>~~ ==Life== Cyril spent about 10 years at the monastery of [[Euthymius the Great\|Euthymius]], otherwise known as ''Khan el-Ahmar''.<ref>''Euthymius (Khan el-Ahmar), by Kelly Jordan, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2000 Field School''</ref> His work ''Peri tou Megalou Euthymiou Syngraphē'', i.e. "Writing on Euthymius the Great", commonly called in English ''The Lives of the Monks of Palestine'', remains one of the principal sources of monastic life during the Byzantine period. Cyril was born in [[Scythopolis]], Palestine. His father John, a lawyer, supervised his early religious education. Cyril was influenced by [[Sabbas the Sanctified\|Saint Sabas]] whom he had met when he was still in a young age; in later years, when he was in Jerusalem, he also met St John the [[Hesychasm\|Hesychast]], bishop of Colonia in [[Cappadocia (Roman province)\|Cappadocia Secunda]]. Cyril in 544 arrived at the [[Laura of Euthymius\|monastery]] of [[Euthymius the Great\|Euthymius]] otherwise known as ''Khan el-Ahmar'';<ref>Euthymius (Khan el-Ahmar), by Kelly Jordan, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2000 Field School''</ref> in 555 CE he moved to the New Lavra of St Sabas with other orthodox monks after the expulsion from it of Origenist monks, following the general condemnation of [[Origenism]]. He died in the Great [[Lavra]] of St Sabas whereto he had moved in 557 CE.<ref name=OxfordDictByzantium/> ==Works== His work ''Peri tou Megalou Euthymiou Syngraphē'', i.e. "Writing on Euthymius the Great", commonly called in English ''The Lives of the Monks of Palestine'', remains one of the principal sources of monastic life during the Byzantine period; he described therein seven lives of Palestinian saint monks.<ref>{{CathEncy\|wstitle=Scythopolis}}</ref> Other works by him include a [[biography]] of St John the Hesychast.<ref name=OxfordDictByzantium/> According to [[John Moschus]], the well known story of [[Saint Mary of Egypt]] is told in Cyril of Scythopolis's life of [[Saint Cyriacus]].<ref>''St. Mary of Egypt, The Community of Hope, Catholic charitable organization''</ref> Line 13 ⟶ 17: {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> \| NAME = Scythopolis, Cyril Of \| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Scythopolitanus, Cyrillus \| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Byzantine ~~historian~~agiographer and monk \| DATE OF BIRTH = ca. 525 CE \| PLACE OF BIRTH = Scythopolis, Palestine \| DATE OF DEATH = ~~558~~Sometime after 559 CE \| PLACE OF DEATH = }}

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