- Evagrius Ponticus Monastic Theologian Corpus Testimonies Bibliography Images Online Resources DISCIPLE AND TEACHER of the ascetic life in Jesus Christ, Evagrius of Pontus (345-399) both astutely absorbed and creatively retransmitted the spirituality of Egyptian and Palestinian monasticism of the late fourth century. Migrating from his home in Asia Minor, Evagrius spent some time in ...arts-sciences.cua.edu/ecs/jdk/EvagPont/index.htm