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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic letter from Koptos (Upper Egypt) involving bishop Pesynthios of Koptos, mentioning a district of the *Archangel (S00191); datable to the early 7th century.

Evidence ID

E05705

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

Documentary texts - Letter

O.CrumST 176

Line 2 of the fragmentary papyrus document reads as follows:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲇⲓⲟⲓⲕⲏⲥⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ

‘… concerning the district of the Archangel.’


(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)



Places Named after Saint

Towns, villages, districts and fortresses

Source

The papyrus document is part of Pes 52 and kept at Cheltenham Phillipps Library.


Bibliography

Text:
Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 45.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

18/6/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00191Archangels, unnamed or name lostⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥCertain


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