The Constantinopolitan abbot Dius: his life, cult and hagiographical dossier
By Dirk Krausmüller
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 31: 1 (2007)
Abstract: Although one of the founding fathers of Constantinopolitan monasticism, the Syrian ascetic Dius is hardly ever mentioned in secondary literature. The reason for this unfavourable treatment lies in the scarcity of information available for this saint. His Late Antique Life is lost and can only be studied in Middle Byzantine adaptations, three canones, two synaxaria and an unedited encomium. This article offers a discussion of Dius’ biography, the development of his cult and his hagiographical dossier on the basis of the surviving material.
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