Name
Paphnoutios, Egyptian saint (precise identity uncertain)
Saint ID
S00882
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
ID | Title | E00183 | Coptic child donation document of 26 May 771, certifying the gift of a male child to *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) at Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt), after having been granted healing at the saint’s shrine located within the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme. | E01691 | Greek inscription with the names of a saint *Paphnoutios (of uncertain identity, S00882), and possibly *Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00217). Found in the ruins of an abandoned fort at Dreyb al-Wawi (Khirbet al-Wawi), near Chalkis and Beroia/Aleppo (north Syria). Dated 535/536. | E02468 | Coptic work contract, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a feast of Apa *Papnoute (Egypt saint of uncertain identity, S00882); datable to the 7th century. | E02472 | Coptic/Greek list of saint names, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning *Dios (saint venerated in Upper Egypt, S01232), *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), and possibly *Papnouthios (Egyptian saint of uncertain identity, S00882); datable to the 7th/8th century. | E03992 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (1.11-13), refers to miracle-working bishops and holy men flourishing under Constantine. These are *Paphnoutios (Egyptian saint, precise identity uncertain, S00882), *Spyridon (ascetic of Trimythous on Cyprus, S00790), and the Novatian ascetic *Eutychianos of Bithynia (S01543). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. | E04146 | Coptic ostracon from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) referring to Apa *Antonios (Antony 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098) as a luminous column, and alluding to him and Apa *Makarios ('the Egyptian', monastic founder of the Sketis, ob. 391, S00863) as model holy men, and mentioning how Apa *Paphnoutios (Egyptian saint, precise identity uncertain, S00882) had needed council with Antony; datable to the first half of the 8th century. | E05969 | Coptic document from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) relating the details of a contract to train and work with a camel for one year, from the feast of *Papnouthios (Egyptian saint of uncertain identity, S00882) to the same feast the following year; datable around the year 600. | E06817 | Coptic document from Aswan (Upper Egypt), concerning the payment of a debt, mentioning as one of the witnesses a presbyter of an institution dedicated to *Papnouthios (Egyptian saint of uncertain identity, S00882); datable to the 7th/8th century. |
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