On the Kalendar: Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Doctor

June from Les Petites Heures d'Anne de Bretagne

“June”, kalendar page from Les Petites Heures d’Anne de Bretagne (The Little Hours of Queen Anne of Bretagne), by the Maître des Triomphes de Pétrarque. From Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France).

Ephrem was a fourth–century hymnographer and theologian. He wrote a variety of hymns, poems, sermons, and exegeses. Over four hundred . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Doctor