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Isaac, Disciple of Apollo

By René-Georges Coquin

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René-Georges Coquin
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isaac, disciple of apollo, known to us only through the Apophthegmata Patrum. It is likely that Apollo is the one to whom the historia monachorum devotes a long notice in Chapter 8 (Festugièrer, 1971, pp. 46-71). If this identification is correct, Isaac would have been a monk at the end of the fourth century in the Thebaid, where he founded a large community of monks. The most prominent feature of his personality, according to the apothegm, appears to be his intense love for stillness.

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Cotelier, J. B., ed. Apophthegmata Patrum. PG 65. Festugière, A. J., ed. Historia Monachorum in Aegypto. Subsidia Hagiographica 63. Brussels, 1971. Guy, J. C. "Isaac le Thébain." In Dictionnaire de spiritualité, Vol. 7, col. 2006. Paris, 1932-. RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN