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    Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are Christian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, who historically...
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  • saint of India, appearing in the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat Giosafat Barbaro (1413–94), Venetian explorer and diplomat Josephat T. Benoit (1900–76), mayor...
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  • Look up Barlaam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Barlaam may refer to: Barlaam, legendary Christian saint, teacher of prince Josaphat in India in the...
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    the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat.[citation needed] According to Ahmadiyya thought, the name Yuz Asaf is of Buddhist derivation, and possibly from Yusu...
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    life, but is widely reproduced and considered to contain elements of some value. The hagiographic novel Barlaam and Josaphat is a work of the 10th century...
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    version of the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat. His version is not to be confused with the verse romance Barlaam und Josaphat (c.1220) of Rudolf von Ems...
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    Great Renunciation (category Buddhist belief and doctrine)
    can be found in the legend of the Christian saints Barlaam and Josaphat, one of the most popular and widespread legends in 11th-century Christianity. Although...
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    from the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. Gostanza loves Martuccio Gomito and after hearing that he is dead, gives way to despair, and hides her alone aboard...
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    Aristides's work had been in fact extant and edited in the religious book The Life of Barlaam and Josaphat since the 7th century. Another fragment of...
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    earlier into Greek by Saint John of Damascus and widely circulated to Christians as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat, became so popular that the two were venerated...
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