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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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Coptic Life of *Archellites (monk at the monastery of Romanos in Palestine, S00934) by Eusebius, from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07133

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives

We have not examined this text.

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Non Liturgical Activity

Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts

Source

The text is part of the parchment codex M 583 from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum and now belongs to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. The colophon dates the production of this manuscript to the year AD 822–823.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Drescher, J., Three Coptic Legends (Cairo, 1947).

Further reading:
Orlandi, T., "Archellides, Saint," in: The Coptic Encyclpedia, vol. 1 (New York, 1991).


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

25/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00934Archellides, monk at the monastery of Romanos in Palestine Certain


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