Site logo

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paphnoutios, Egyptian saint (precise identity uncertain)

Saint ID

S00882

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00183Coptic 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.
E01691Greek 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.
E02468Coptic work contract, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a feast of Apa *Papnoute (Egypt saint of uncertain identity, S00882); datable to the 7th century.
E02472Coptic/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.
E03992Socrates, 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.
E04146Coptic 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.
E05969Coptic 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.
E06817Coptic 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.