Saint Josaphat
Hermit
Son of King Abenner in East India, Josaphat was a prince of extraordinary beauty. Despite his father's precautions following an astrologer's prediction of his conversion, he embraced the Christian faith and became a hermit in the Desert of Sennaar.
Guided reading
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SAINT BARLAAM AND SAINT JOSAPHAT, HERMITS,
Location and context
The narrative opens in the desert of Shinar, in Mesopotamia, at an unspecified time.
IN THE DESERT OF SHI SENNAAR Desert region located in Mesopotamia where part of the narrative takes place. NAR, IN MESOPOTA MÉSOPOTAMIE Historical region of the Near East. MIA (UNCERTAIN PERIOD).
Origins and prophecy
Josaphat, son of the Indian king Abenner, is born with remarkable beauty; an astrologer predicts his future conversion to Christianity.
Son of a king of Eastern India, named Abenner, Jos aphat wa Josaphat A king's son and future hermit whose conversion is prophesied. s of extraordinary beauty: among the astrologers consulted about his destiny, one of them having said that he would be a Christian, his father,
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