Greek list of offerings for the feast of Apa *Sion (saint venerated in the Fayum, S01177), from the area of the Fayum (Lower Egypt); datable to the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02181
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
P.Prag. 1 91
☧ τῷ μεγαλοπ[ρ]ε(πεστάτῳ) κόμε(τι) Μην[ᾷ]
οἴνου λαγ(ύνους) ϛ
ἄρτους ρ
δελφάκιον α
5
λαχάνια
γνάφαλ(λα) πέταλ(α) δ
☧ εὐλογία τοῦ ἁγίου
Ἄπα Σίωνος †
’To the most magnificent comes Menas:
six wine jars,
one-hundred (loaves of) bread,
one piglet,
vegetables,
four large cushions.
Benediction of saint Apa Sion.‘
Text and Italian translation: R. Pintaudi
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of this document is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.prag;1;91
Festivals
Saint’s feast
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
This papyrus document Gr. II 116 belongs to the state library at Prague and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The list is a bit puzzling, especially as it is addressed to a comes, a civic rather than a religious authority. Nonetheless, the items listed here seem to be donations to the saint in return for a desired blessing.A monastery of Apa Sion is referred to in E02180.
Bibliography
Editon:Pintaudi, R., "Elenco di generi (per la festa di S. Apa Sion?)," Papyri Graecae Wessely Pragenses (P.Prag. I), Papyrologica Florentina vol. 16 (Florence, 1988), 181–182.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01177 | Sion or Apasion, saint venerated in the Fayum | Σίων | Certain |
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