Two Coptic invocations from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt) to the saint Apa *Apollo (monk and monastic founder, 00774); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04105
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Letter
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
P.Brux.Bawit 40v
On the back of a fragmentary papyrus letter addressed to the head of the monastery Apa Zacharias, one finds the beginning of an invocation:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁ̣[ⲡⲁ] ⲁ̣[ⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ . . . ]
‘God of saint Apa Apollo […’
An invocation to saint Apa Apollo also heads a funerary inscription dedicated perhaps to the same superior Apa Zacharias:
MIFAO 12, p. 84, no VIII
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲁⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲉⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭ<ⲏ> ⲛⲡⲁⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ
ⲉⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲑⲱⲣ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ
‘God of the holy saint Apa Apollo, have great mercy on the soul of my blessed father Apa Zacharias. He went to rest on day 16 of (the month) Hathyr. Amen.’
Text: A. Delattre
Translation G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The papyrus document P.Brux. inv. E. 9489 belongs to the Royal Museums of Art and History at Brussels. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.For the inscription see A. Delattre, P.Brux.Bawit, p. 268.
Bibliography
Text and French translation:Delattre, A., Papyrus coptes et grecs du monastère d'apa Apollô de Baouît conservés aux Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles, (Académie royale de Belgique. Mémoires de la Classe des Lettres. Collection in-8°. 3e série. Tome XLIII, No. 2045; Brussels, 2007), 268–269.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
4/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲁ̣[ⲡⲁ] ⲁ̣[ⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ and ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ | Certain |
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