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a noted Eastern monastic, flourished at Crete near the middle of the 12th century. He is especially distinguished by his description of a visit to Palestine, which work is entitled ῎Å÷öñáóéò ἐí óõíüøåé ôῶí ôῶí ἀð᾿ Á᾿íôéï÷åßáò ìÝ÷ïé ῾Éåñïó;ýìùí êÜóôñùí êáὶ ÷ùñῶí Óõñßáò , Öïéíéêçò êáὶ ôῶí êáôὰ Ðáëáéóôßíçí ἁãßùí ôüðùí (ed. Gr. et Lat. Leo Allatius, Colon. 1653). This is a most important contribution to the department of Biblical geography, and is prized even in our day. See Smith, Dict. of Gr. and Rom. Biog. 2:601.