Greek account of a meat seller, from the area of Hermopolis, mentioning an institution dedicated to *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E02209
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
SPP (Stud.Pal.) 20 250, lines 12–13
(ὑπὲρ) σαρκί(νου) λόγο(υ) τῆς̣ [
ἁγίου Ὡρουωγχίο[υ]
'For meat on account of the […] of saint Horouonchios …'
Text: C. Wessely
Translation: G. Schenke.
A complete record of the text can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/stud.pal;20;250
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus G 2268 belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02208, E02210, E02211, and E02212.Bibliography
Edition:Wessely, C., Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde XX, Catalogus Papyrorum Raineri. Series Graeca. Pars I. Textus Graeci papyrorum, qui in libro "Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer–Führer durch die Austellung Wien 1894" (Leipzig, 1921).
Further reading:
O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 151.
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 222–223.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
3/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01187 | Herouodj/Horouonchios, saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis | Ὡρουώγχιο[ς] | Certain |
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