'''Cyril of Scythopolis''' (ca. 525-559525–559<ref name=OxfordDictByzantium>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium|chapter=Cyril of Scythopolis|publisher=Oxford University 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 [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in the early years of Christianity (6th century CE).
