Complete the sentence about Saint Neophytos with the correct year: In ______, however, Neophytos was allowed to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. 1158

Saint Neophytos was a Cypriot Orthodox monk who lived from 1134 to 1214. Wanting to become a hermit, he was held back by his abbot, who thought him too young, but in 1158 he was finally permitted to travel on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he looked in vain for a hermit to sponsor him.

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