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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Curious people tend to rise to the top. Today's subjects are no exception.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.9

Some people can really get into something, especially at the beginning.

0:41.0

Those who are new to fixing up cars or close up magic or CrossFit can be downright zealous

0:46.8

about their latest obsession to anyone and everyone who would listen to them.

0:51.8

People like Simian, Styletes.

0:54.9

Born and raised by a poor shepherd family in Turkey in 390 AD, Simian got way into

1:00.5

Christianity when he was only 13 years old.

1:03.4

The Roman Empire had officially adopted the religion less than 100 years before, so many

1:08.0

folks were just discovering it for the first time.

1:10.9

Simian had been entranced by a sermon on the Beatitudes, and only a few short years later

1:15.4

he left his family to join a monastery.

1:17.9

Now, Simian didn't do anything halfway.

1:21.4

If he was going to adopt Christianity as his own personal religion, then he was going

1:25.7

to go all in.

1:27.1

Which he did.

1:28.2

He took it so seriously and lived in such an austere and popper-like manner that even

1:32.8

the other monks thought that he had gone overboard.

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