Apalin - ܐܦܠܝܢ
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Apalin was a desert ascetic known for his intense fasting. He crossed rivers on the back of crocodiles which he later slew. He was commemorated in the
Syriac tradition via ʿEnanishoʿ's Syriac translation of
the Paradise of the Fathers
[http://syriaca.org/work/403]
by Palladius. 1
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Apalin is commemorated in Apalin (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/528] .
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Apalin was a desert ascetic known for his intense fasting. He crossed rivers on the back of crocodiles which he later slew. He was commemorated in the
Syriac tradition via ʿEnanishoʿ's Syriac translation of
the Paradise of the Fathers
[http://syriaca.org/work/403]
by Palladius. 1
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 308.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Apalin — ܐܦܠܝܢ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of Gateway to the Syriac Saints, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1597.About this Entry
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