Lausiac History

Palladius, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1918

Or

In this mountain of Nitria there was an ascetic named Or, to whose great virtue the whole brotherhood bore witness, and especially Melania, that woman¹ of God, who came to the mountain before me. For my part, I never saw him alive. And they used to say this of him in their stories, that he never lied, nor swore, nor abused any one, nor spoke without necessity.

Notes

ἡ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ, “female man of God.” For Melania see Ch. XLVI.