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Neophytus Enkleistus aka Neophytos of Cyprus, Saint Neophytos, and Neophytos the Recluse (1134 to after 1214 CE) was a Cypriot monk, priest, and sometimes hermit hagiographer, who was born at Leukara, and died at Paphos (Guidoboni and Comastri, 2005). Neophytus wrote a menology which is preserved in manuscript Parisinus graecus 1189, in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Guidoboni and Comastri, 2005).