223 Appendices Appendix 4 - Travel motivation categories in the Life of Gregory of Decapolis Travel motivation category journeys (several journeys fit into multiple categories) Chapters in the Life Educational mobility (monastic training) 1, 2, 3, 4 3, 4, 5 Mobility due to loyalty or a breach of personal connections 4,**** 21, 23 5, 53, 76 Spiritual development (motivated by hesychia, solitude and spiritual perfection) 5, 6,* (14)***, 15, 16, 18 6, 17, 25-26, 33, 49 Involuntary mobility (17?)** 36 No explicit motivation provided 7,* 8, 9, 10, 11,* 12, 13, (14),*** 17, 19, 20, 22 17-19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 36, 53 * See the elaborate discussion of the motivation for journey 6 at pp. 130-135, which is multi-layered; for journey 7 no motivation is provided for the specific journey, but the narrative does recall the earlier divine revelation of journey 6 (see p. 136); equally for journey 11 the hagiographer does not explicitly represent a travel motivation for this journey, but does remind the audience of the motivation provided for journey 6 (see pp. 136-137). ** The hostilities encountered by Gregory are not explicitly represented as motive for him to travel away from Otranto, but could be interpreted in this way from the narrative context. *** No explicit motivation provided, but see the discussion of journey 14 to Rome and an implied motivation to reach hesychia in chapter 2, p. 79. **** Gregory moved away from the monastic community because of a theological dispute and confrontation with the abbot. This journey is therefore partially motivated by strained interpersonal relations; the monastic community he moved to was instead headed by his uncle Symeon, for which interpersonal connections also appear to have been an important factor for the choice of his destination.
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