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Monks formed a prominent social group in the Byzantine Empire. Many of them
visited Constantinople under the protection of Theodora: detail of late 15th-early 16th century icon showing Saint
Anthony, an eremitical monk from Egypt.Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai. Manafis, K., Sinai: Hoi Thesauroi tis Ieras Monis Agias Aikaterinis, Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens 1990, p. 213, ill. 88. © Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai |
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