Jacob of Serugh

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Oral Tradition

Άγιοι Επτά Παίδες εν Εφέσω

  • Agioi epta paidia stin Efeso
  • Holy seven children in Ephesus
  • Seven Sleepers
  • attributed to Jacob of Serugh based on an earlier Greek source
  • (Christian and Islamic legend, circa AD 400)
Seven Christian children hide in a cave to escape Roman persecution, but once in the cave, they fall asleep for three centuries. —Michael Main
A painting with no perspective sowing seven men and their dog sleeping in a cave.
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