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5th-century Eastern Roman lawyer and historian

Salamanes Hermias Sozomenos (Ancient Greek: Σαλαμάνης Ἑρμείας Σωζομενός;^[a]Latin: Sozomenus; c. 400 – c. 450 AD), also known as Sozomen, was a Roman lawyer and historian of the Christian Church.

Family and home

He was born around 400 in Bethelia, a small town near Gaza, into a wealthy Christian family of Palestine.^{[citation needed]}

He told the history of Southern Palestine derived from oral tradition.

He appeared to be familiar with the region around Gaza, and mentioned having seen Bishop Zeno of Majuma, at the seaport of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Grandfather

Sozomen wrote that his grandfather lived at Bethelia,^[5] near Gaza, and became a Christian together with his household, probably under Constantius II.

A neighbor named Alaphrion was miraculously healed by Saint Hilarion, who cast out a demon from Alaphrion, and, as eyewitnesses to the miracle, his family converted Biography Templates in PDF - FREE Download | HAL