Name
Moyses/Moses of Abydos, abbot in Upper Egypt
Saint ID
S01478
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E02450 | Fragments of a Coptic Encomion with Life and Miracles of Apa *Moyses/Moses (of Abydos, abbot in Upper Egypt, S01478) relating the saint's various visions, his clairvoyance and healing powers, mentioning his celebration of the feast day of Apa *Shenoute of Atripe (abbot of the White Monastery, ob. c. 465, S00688) and his general request that saints' feast days are to be observed; written probably in the 6th/7th c., preserved in manuscripts of the 9th/11thc.. | E03584 | Coptic fragments of an Encomion presenting the Life and Miracles of Apa *Moyses/Moses of Abydos (S01478), relating the story of a miraculously born child, promised and donated at the age of five by his grateful parents to their church, raised and educated by the priest of that church, becoming a monastic founder with the gift of prophecy and the ability to provide healing of body and soul, relating healing miracles also taking place at his burial site; written probably in the 6th/7th c. |
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