death_date feast_day venerated_in birth_date titles article_title name
c. 500 29 march eastern orthodoxy c. 450 bishop and confessor diadochos of photiki
 saint diadochos of photiki
diadochos of photiki

saint diadochos of photiki was a fifth-century ascetic whose works are included in the philokalia .
scholars have acknowledged his great influence on later byzantine saints such as maximos the confessor , john climacus , symeon the new theologian , and in general the hesychast movement of the 14th century .
he has also had great influence in the west via the work , `` on the contemplative life '' -lrb- `` de vita contemplativa '' -rrb- of julian pomerius -lrb- † 498 -rrb- .
his feast day is commemorated on march 29 .
