Fragment of a Coptic Martyrdom of *Pshoi (martyr of Egypt, S01245), of unknown Egyptian provenance; probably written in the 5th/6th c., preserved in a manuscript datable to the 7th c.
Evidence ID
E02447
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex
BKU 3 325
Pschoi stands trial under the hegemon Culcianus and refuses to sacrifice to Apollo and Artemis.
Fragment 4, lines 110–124 seem to suggest that the saint has performed some sort of impressive miracle. He later gets imprisoned, presumably after being tortured for refusing to sacrifice to Apollo and Artemis. Christ then releases him from prison and heals the wounds inflicted on his body (fragment a).
Text and German translation: H. Satzinger
Summary: G. Schenke.
Non Liturgical ActivityComposing and translating saint-related texts
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts
Source
The papyrus fragments containing the Martyrdom of Apa Pshoi once formed part of the same codex as E02446. The fragments are likewise housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin under the same inventory number, P.Berol. inv. 22112,3 (a+b).4. The text of the manuscript has been dated on palaeographical grounds, though the original composition is believed to date back to the 5th/6th century.Discussion
Too little has survived to determine who this Pshoi is, for possibilities see Papaconstantinou 2001, p. 220.Bibliography
Edition:Satzinger, H., Koptische Urkunden III, Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen Berlin (Berlin, 1968), 18-26.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris, 2001), 220.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
9/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01245 | Pshoi, martyr of Egypt | ⲡϣⲟ | Certain |
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