Salos, A. (English spelling) SalosA

Japanese: Salos,A.(英語表記)SalosA
Salos, A. (English spelling) SalosA

…Monks who adopted strange and unreasonable lifestyles or pretended to be insane for the love of Christ, called saloi in Greek, appeared in large numbers in the East, especially in Syria. Representative figures include the 6th-century Egyptian hermit Symeōn Salos, and the 10th-century Scythian Andreas Salos of Constantinople, famous for the legend that the Virgin Mary appeared to him while he was praying. In addition, Christians had a custom of showing sympathy and respect to the mentally retarded and insane, regarding them as messengers of God, and so it was possible for such monks to live a life of wandering from place to place. …

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Japanese:

…キリストへの愛のために常識はずれの奇妙な生活態度をとったり,狂人のふりをする修道士はギリシア語でサロイsaloiと呼ばれ,東方,特にシリアに多数現れた。代表的人物は,6世紀のエジプトの隠修士シメオン・サロスSymeōn Salos,また祈禱の際に聖母マリアが出現したとの伝説で名高い10世紀前半のコンスタンティノープルのスキタイ人アンドレアス・サロスAndreas Salosである。またキリスト教徒の間では精神遅滞者や狂人を神の使いとして,それに同情を示し,さらに敬意をはらう習慣があったので,佯狂の修行者が各地を遍歴しながら生活することが可能であった。…

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