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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Greek account, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning a monastery of *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); dated to the year 566 or slightly thereafter.

Evidence ID

E02353

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - List

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

P.Oxy. 55 3805

This is on the back of an annual account of the year 566 concerning the Apion estate, see E02352, and seems to have formed part of it, by adding further records at a later stage and in a more informal style. It records various financial transactions, among which one finds a payment made by monks of a monastery of Phoibammon, line 67:

δ(ιὰ) τῶν μοναζ(όντων) τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Φοιβάμμωνος ἐν Θμοινακώμεως ὑ(πὲρ) τῆς Νήσου Ταπετρωνίου ἰδ(ιωτικῷ) νο(μισμάτια(?)) ιδ

'Through the monks of St Phoebammon in Thmoenacomis, for (land in) Nesu Tapetroniu: By private standard, solidi 14.'



Text and translation: J. R. Rea

A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;55;3805

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Source

This extensive document is a continuous papyrus roll consisting of twenty two sheets joined together. It was found in Oxyrhynchos and is now housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Rea, J.R., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LV, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1988), 144–174.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

10/2/2017

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00080Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of AssiutΦοιβάμμωνCertain


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