Antony of Choziba explained
Antony of Choziba, also called Antony the Chozibite (fl. 634), was a Byzantine hagiographer from the monastery of Choziba. A disciple of George of Choziba, he wrote his teacher's biography (Vita sancti Georgii chozebitae) and also an account of some miracles attributed to the Virgin Mary (Miracula beatae virginis Mariae in Choziba).[1] Both his works have been translated from Greek into English.
Editions
- C. House, ed. "Vita Sancti Georgii Chozebitae Confessoris et Monachii". Analecta Bollandiana 7 (1888): 95β144, 336β359.
- C. House, ed. "Miracula beatae virginis Mariae in Choziba". Analecta Bollandiana 7 (1888): 360β370.
- T. Vivian and A. N. Athanassakis, trans. The Life of Saint George of Choziba and the Miracles of the Most Holy Mother of God at Choziba. San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1994.
Notes and References
- Stephanos Efthymiadis, ed., The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography, Volume II: Genres and Contexts (Ashgate, 2014), p. 51.