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Desert Mothers is a term analogous to Desert Fathers. The Desert Mothers were known as the ammas or female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria in the 4th and 5th cen
Desert Mothers Saint Paula and her daughter Eustochium with their spiritual advisor Saint Jerome—painting by Francisco de Zurbarán
Melania the Younger, from the Menologion of Basil II
Syncletica of Alexandria from the Menologion of Basil II
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers is the name given to various textual collections consisting of stories and sayings attributed to the Desert Fathers of Egypt from approximately the 5th century AD.
Sogdian Christian copy of the text written in Syriac