 Saint Basil built a hostel for the poor and the ill and placed it in the care of a monastery.It is described by fifth century historian Sozomen as “a storehouse of piety where disease is regarded in a religious light and sympathy put to the test.” Similar to the Askelpian cults, the idea of healing through incubation (sleeping in the temple) was also practiced under Christian empires.Patients would sleep in specific rooms that housed relics of a saint and hoped for the saint to appear in their dreams.