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Barlaam

Portrait of Barlaam

About Barlaam

John Chrysostom preached about Barlaam at a martyr shrine in Antioch, probably late in the fourth century. His homily recalls Barlaam holding burning coals rather than sacrificing, an early witness to the martyr’s local cult and memory rather than a contemporary trial record. The ordeal is therefore presented as Chrysostom’s account.

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