Symeon the Holy Fool

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  Acknowlegments

 expand section1. Leontius of Neapolis and Seventh-Century Cyprus
 expand section2. Leontius and his Sources
 expand section3. Symeon and Late Antique Hagiography
 expand section4. Holy Fools and Secret Saints
 expand section5. Diogenes in Late Antiquity
 collapse section6. Symeon and the Cynics
 Symeon and the Cynics
 Defecation in Public
 Eating Lupines
 Eating Raw Meat
 A Saint and His Dog
 Cynics and Madness
 Evaluating the Cynics
 Notes
 expand section7. Symeon in Emesa, Jesus in Jerusalem
 expand section8. Conclusion: Cynics, Christians, and Holy Fools

 expand sectionTHE LIFE OF SYMEON THE FOOL by Leontius of Neapolis
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