Athenogenes was the bishop of Petra and metropolitan of the province of Palaestina Tertia at the end of the sixth century.
[5] He was the son of the holy woman Amma Damiana and one of his grandmothers was named Iannia.
[1] Paul Goubert interpreted this passage as saying that Damiana was a sister of Maurice and Athenogenes his nephew.
[1] According to Moschus, who derived his report from an old monk named Athanasius, who had visited Athenogenes, there was at that time a stylite in the diocese of Petra who practised an extreme form of asceticism.
They were required to shout from some distance and only permitted to even approach the base of the pillar to discuss personal matters.