Venerable
Philotheus of Sinai
Monk of Sinai
Monk and spiritual writer in Egypt who lived before 1100, probably in the ninth or tenth century.
- Reposed
- 9009th century
- Place
- Saint Catherine Monastery
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Philotheus of Sinai was a monk and spiritual writer in Egypt who lived before 1100, most likely in the ninth century or, with less certainty, in the tenth. Very little is known of his life.
He was hegumen of the monastery of Saint Catherine, also called the Monastery of the Burning Bush, on the Sinai peninsula. He followed the ascetic tradition of Sinai, of Saint John Climacus. His writings are similar to those of Hesychius of Sinai. John Climacus, Hesychius of Sinai and Philotheus of Sinai are often regarded as forming a single literary and spiritual tradition of Sinai.
His Forty Chapters on Watchfulness are included in the Philokalia.