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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Pamoun, martyr of Alexandria with his monastic brother Sarmata.

Saint ID

S00775

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01252Coptic funerary inscription, probably from Bawit, with a long invocation to a large number of saints including the Archangels *Michael and *Gabriel (S00181 and S00192),*Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Adam and Zoe/Eve (the first man and woman, S00772), the Apostles (S00084), the martyrs *Viktor (martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), and *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), and *Pamoun (possibly the monk and martyr of Alexandria, S00775), as well as a long list of monastic figures that includes *Apollo, Anoup and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774); of unknown date, presumably 6th/9th century and most likely from Bawit (Middle Egypt).
E01265Fragment of a Greek Martyrdom of *Pamoun (possibly the monk and martyr of Alexandria, S00775), from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt); in a manuscript datable to the 6th/7th century.
E01266Fragment of a Coptic Martyrdom of *Pamoun and Sarmata (monks and martyrs of Alexandria, S00775), from Achmim/Panopolis (Upper Egypt); written probably in the 5th/7th c., preserved in a manuscript of the 8th/9th c.
E05465Coptic 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.