Coptic list of churches and their clergy, possibly from Pallas in the Coptite nome (Upper Egypt), mentioning a deacon of the church of Apa *Onnophrios (Egyptian anchorite, 4th c., S00055), datable to the 7th/8th c.
Evidence ID
E00125
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
O.CrumST 156
Fragmentary list of churches and their clergy from the region of Jeme, mentioning the village Pallas.
Line 3 reads as follows:
[ⲡⲇⲓⲁ]ⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲥ) ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲕ(ⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲟⲛⲟⲫⲣⲓⲟⲥ
'the deacon for the church of Apa Onophrios'
Text and translation: W. E. Crum, modified.
Liturgical Activities
Ceremony of dedication
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Source
O.CrumST 156 is a very small fragment of a papyrus document at Cheltenham, Phillipps Library.Discussion
Since a deacon is mentioned in connection with a church of Onnophrios, this is clear evidence of an active church in the Theban area, a site at which some form of cult of Onnophrios is expected to have take place in the 7th/8th century.Documentary evidence for church buildings dedicated to Onnophrios also comes from Theagenis (Arsinoites), Lykopolis, and Aphrodito. So far no such evidence is found in a city.
Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (London: Oxford University Press, 1921), 40 (O.CrumST 156).
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 161.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
5/11/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00055 | Onnophrios, Egyptian anchorite, 4th c. | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲟⲛⲟⲫⲣⲓⲟⲥ | Certain |
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