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36, 1
Translation:
Stories told about Posidonius the Theban are hard to relate and are very many indeed — how great his meekness was, and what a great ascetic he was, and how complete was his goodness. I do not think I ever met another such as he was. For I lived with him for a year in Bethlehem when he lived beyond Poimenion <the Field>, and I was witness to his many virtues. - - -
(transl. Meyer)
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Summary:
Anecdotes about the ascetic Posidonius living "beyond the Field", from a collection written AD 419-420.
It is impossible to determine whether the text refers to the Roman Catholic site at Khirbet Siyar el-Ghanam or the Greek site at Keniset er-Ra'wat.