Name
Amun, ascetic and monk of Nitria
Saint ID
S00419
Reported Death Not After
357
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Hermits/recluses, Married but sexually abstinent, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E00631 | Athanasius of Alexandria writes in Greek the Life of *Antony ('the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098) at the request of monks from abroad; it presents Antony as an exemplary monk, and describes his ascetic practices, struggles with demons, miracles, and doctrines. Written in Alexandria (Egypt), in c. 360. | E03176 | Palladius of Helenopolis writes the Lausiac History, a collection of short narratives and teachings of male and female ascetics in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Italy, commissioned by the patrician Lausos. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. Overview entry | E03314 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (8), recounts the story of *Amoun/Amun of Nitria (ascetic and monk of Nitria, S00419), as recounted to him by the monk Arsisios of Nitria (Lower Egypt). Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E03558 | An anonymous monk of Jerusalem writes the History of the Monks in Egypt, a collection of stories about holy men and monastic communities, which he recorded during a visit to the monasteries of Egypt in 394/5. It is the first monastic collection in Christian literature. Written in Greek at Jerusalem, 395/397. Overview entry. | E04012 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (4.23), refers to the stories of several holy monastics from Egypt, based on information from the History of the Monks in Egypt and the Lausiac History. He also reports that the Egyptian monk Ammonios (ascetic of Kellia, buried near Constantinople, ob. 403, S01263) visited the shrines of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008) in Rome in 339/345. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. | E06572 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Amos/Amun (ascetic and monk of Nitria, S00419), whose soul *Antony ('the Great', S00098) saw carried to heaven, as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry |
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