Greek deed of surety from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a sub-deacon of a monastery of Apa *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187) as a guarantor; dated 552/553.
Evidence ID
E02210
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.Cairo Masp. 1 67094, line 18–19:
Four inhabitants of Aphrodito answer to the pagarch Ioulianos of Antaiopolis for the person of a monk called Enoch. If they are unable, the guarantors will pay six nomismata. From the archive of Dioscoros of Aphrodito.
Πέτρος Ἀ̣π̣ο̣λλ[ῶτος, ὑ]ποδιάκ(ονος) το(ῦ) ἁγίο(υ) τόπο(υ) Ἄπα Ὡρο(υ)ωγχίο(υ) μάρτυρος,
ἐγγυο͂μα̣ι̣ [τὸ]ν προκ(είμενον)
'Petros, son of Apollos, sub-deacon of the holy topos of Apa Horouonchios, the martyr, I guarantee the aforesaid … '
Text: J. Maspero
Translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;1;67094
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Source
The papyrus document JE40867 belongs to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.Discussion
Whether the topos mentioned here is a monastery or a shrine (or both) remains unclear.The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02208, E02209, E02211, and E02212.
Bibliography
Edition:Maspero, J., Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire I (Cairo, 1911).
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 | Ἄπα Ὡρο(υ)ώγχιο(ς) | Certain |
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