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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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Coptic inscription from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), with an invocation of *Moses (Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241), *Enoch (Old Testament patriarch, S00762), *Ieremia (saint of Saqqara, S00773), *Papohe (S02066), *Apollo and *Anoup (monks and monastic founders, S00774), Apa *Pshoi (possibly the martyr of Egypt, S01245), Apa *Pamoun (possibly the martyr of Alexandria, S00775); datable to the 7th/8th century.

Evidence ID

E05465

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions

I.Sarga 66

] ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥ̣[ ].ⲣⲉ . ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲟⲭ ⲡⲉⲅⲣⲁ[ⲙⲙⲁ]ⲉⲩⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟϩⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ ⲛⲟϭ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲁ̣ⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ̣ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲣⲙ[
(following lines lost)

‘… ] Apa … ! Our father Moses! Apa Enoch, the scribe! Apa Ieremia, Apa Papohe, Apa Apollo, great one! Apa Anoup, Apa Pshoi of Jeremia, Apa Pamoun, man of […’


Text and translation: W. E. Crum

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic

Non Liturgical Activity

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The inscription was found at Wadi Sarga and is now housed in the British Museum in London.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Bell, H.I. and Crum, W.E., Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Nordisk Forlag, 1922), 79–80.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

18/5/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00241Moses, Old Testament prophet and lawgiverⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥCertain
S00762Enoch, Old Testament patriarchⲉⲛⲟⲭ ⲡⲉⲅⲣⲁ[ⲙⲙⲁ]ⲉⲩⲥCertain
S00773Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of Saqqaraⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥCertain
S00774Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic foundersⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡCertain
S00775Pamoun, martyr of Alexandria with his monastic brother Sarmata.ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛUncertain
S01245Pshoi, martyr of Egyptⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲁ̣ⲓUncertain
S02066Papohe, Apa Papoheⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟϩⲉCertain


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