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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

601–700

The Seventh Century

1 work

c. 610–680s

Greek

The Miracles of Saint Demetrius

John of Thessalonica and an anonymous continuator

The patron of Thessalonica defends his city through plague, famine, and a series of Slav and Avar sieges — appearing on the walls in white, capsizing boats, and turning back siege engines. The narrator was inside for several of them.

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