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Asceticism

lifestyle of frugality and abstinence of various forms, often for spiritual goals

10 dated entries naming Asceticism, drawn from 10 separate years between 270 CE and 931 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century

  • 270Anthony the Great, a Christian saint from Egypt, regarded as "Father of All Monks", enters the wilderness to become ascetic.source
  • 273King Hormizd I of Persia dies after a brief reign in which he has shown tolerance toward the ascetic, anti-materialist Manichean faith. He is succeeded by his brother Bahram I, who has been governing the province of Atropatene. Bahram proceeds to crush a rebellion by various vassal kings.source

4th century

  • 345Evagrius Ponticus, Christian monk and ascetic (d. 399)source
  • 399Evagrius Ponticus, Christian monk and ascetic (b. 345)source

7th century

  • 613April 22 – Saint Theodore of Sykeon, Byzantine asceticsource
  • 619John Moschus, Byzantine monk and ascetical writersource
  • 634En no Ozunu, Japanese ascetic (approximate date)source
  • 699June 26 – En no Ozunu, Japanese ascetic, is banished to Izu Ōshima (a volcanic island in the Izu Islands), and accused of confusing the mind of the people with magic. He will be later regarded as the founder of a folk religion called Shugendō.source

9th century

  • 883Ibn Masarra, Muslim ascetic and scholar (d. 931)source

10th century

  • 931Ibn Masarra, Muslim ascetic and scholar (b. 883)source

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