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Appendix: Seventy-Seven Orphan Cases
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APPENDIX SEVENTY-SEVEN ORPHAN CASES The following is a list of the seventy-seven orphans whose childhood circumstances are recorded in a wide variety of primary sources from the Byzantine Empire. This list is arranged chronologically; each orphan case includes two lines. The first line consists of three entries. The first entry indicates when the orphan lived (either the date of the document or an approximation of when the events took place). The second entry states whether the orphan was a boy or girl, if the primary source includes this information. The third entry describes what sort of guardian or foster parent the child had, or, if the orphan was raised in a group home, what sort of orphanage cared for the boy or girl. The second line of each orphan case identifies the primary source that refers to the orphan’s upbringing. The first entry in this line provides the citation to the primary source. The second entry states the category to which this primary source belongs (saint’s life, papyrus document, monastic typikon, oration, legal case, or narrative history). . s / girl / guardian brother Vita Antonii (PG, :–) / saint’s life (not the saint) . Circa / girl / aunt (monastic superior) Vita Febroniae, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Circa / boy / adopted by woman Vita Clementis (PG, :–) / saint’s life (central figure) . Circa / sex not mentioned / guardian uncle POxy, no. / papyrus document . Anno / two orphans (no sex) / guardian grandfather PLond, no. / papyrus legal document . Fourth century / girl / no guardian Select Papyri, doc. (pp. –) / letter . Fourth century / girl / guardian not mentioned Vita Macrinae, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Fourth century / boy / guardian uncle Storia Lausiaca, pp. – / pious tale (central figure) . Circa / boy / guardian grandfather Basil, Ep. (: –) / letter . Fourth century / girl / adopting aunt Storia Lausiaca, pp. – / pious tale (not central figure) . Anno / boy / adopting uncle PLips, no. / papyrus contract . Late fourth century / girl / guardian (relationship unmentioned) PLips, no. / papyrus document . Late fourth ccentury / girl / guardian unknown Vita Olympiadis, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Late fourth century / boy / episcopal school Vita Euthymii, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Anno / girl / guardian grandmother Vie de Porphyre, pp. – / saint’s life (not central figure) . Early fifth century / girl / brother guardians Malalas, . (pp. –) / narrative history . Fifth century / boy / monastery Apophthegmata Patrum (PG, :–) / pious tale . Mid fifth century / girl / aunt and monastic superior Vita Elisabethae, pp. – / saint’s live (central figure) . Fifth–sixth centuries / girl / apparently no guardian Apophthegmata Patrum (PG, :–) / pious tale . Sixth century / boy / episcopal school Vita Alypii, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . – / girl / no guardian Moschos, Pratum Spirituale (PG, .:–) / pious tale . Mid sixth century / girl / uncle and aunt guardians Maspero, no. / papyrus court document . Circa / boy and girl / uncle guardian Maspero, no. / papyrus court document . Anno / girl / guardian brother PLond, no. / papyrus court document - [3.135.183.187] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 04:39 GMT) . Anno / boy / adopted by male Maspero, no. / papyrus testament disposing of property . Anno / children (no gender) / guardian, superior of monastery Maspero, no. / papyrus testament . Late sixth century / girl / guardian uncle Vita Abramii, pp. – / saint’s life (not central figure) . Late sixth century / boy / guardian uncles Vita Georgii Chozebitae, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Late sixth–early seventh century / boy / no guardian Pratum Spirituale (PG, .:) / pious tale . Mid eighth century / boy / guardian uncle Theodori Studitae oratio XI (PG, :–) / religious oration . Mid eighth century / girl / guardian not known Oratio Theodori Studitae in matrem (PG, :–) / religious oration . Late eighth century / girl / guardian grandmother Vita Annae, ActaSS, Nov. Propylaeum, cols. – / saint’s life (central figure) . – / boy / guardian uncle Vita Macarii, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Late ninth century / girl / monastery Vita Theoctistis, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Late ninth century / boy / private orphan school Récits de Paul, tale (pp. –) / pious tale . Late ninth century / girl / adoption by man Récits de Paul, tale (pp. –) / pious tale . Early tenth century / boy / monastic school Vita Petri Argivorum, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Tenth century / boy / no guardian Vita Pauli junioris, pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Tenth century / boy / adoption by relative and friend of father Vita Theodori (Kytheron), pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Tenth century / boy / guardian sister Vita Nili, p. / saint’s life (central figure) . Tenth century / boy / adopted by woman (possible group home) Vitae duae antiquae (Vita A), pp. – / saint’s life (central figure) . Tenth century / girl / adopted by woman (possible group home) Vitae duae antiquae (Vita A), pp. – / saint’s life (not central figure) . Tenth century / boys / guardian uncle anonymous, in Symean Magistros...
