Born in Corinth. His father John was a priest, and the local bishop Peter was his cousin. At the age of 18 he went to Jerusalem, where he became a monk. Then he went to Saint Euthymius, who saw in him a great spiritual father, clothed him in the schema and sent him to the Jordan to Saint Gerasimos. When Saint Gerasimos reposed, he returned to the monastery of Saint Euthymius, where he remained in asceticism for 10 years. Then he changed place after place, fleeing from human glory. He also practiced asceticism in the monastery of Saint Chariton, where he died when he was 109 years old. This celebrated ascetic and miracle worker was very large and strong in body, and for years he ate only raw vegetables, once a day, after sunset. He reposed in the Lord in the year 557.

Holy Martyrs Dada and Godelaius. Saint Theophanes the Merciful. Saint Mary of Palestine.