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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paulos the anchorite, monastic founder

Saint ID

S01654

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04363Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the release from a debt which is turned into a donation, mentioning the monastery of Apa *Paulos, the anchorite, as well as institutions dedicated to *Kyrikos (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), *Kosmas (probably the physician and martyr of Mesopotamia, S00385), and *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480); dated 13 September 698.
E04364Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the sale of a stone door to the abbots of the monastery of Apa *Paulos on the mountain of Jeme; dated 18 November 702.
E04365Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the settlement of a dispute caused by an accidental discovery of valuables hidden in a jar on the mountain of Jeme and donated to a monk for his monastery, mentioning Apa *Paul, the anchorite, Apa * Petronios as being among the saints, as well as the topos of Apa *Phoibammon; dated to the year 711/712.
E05795The Miracles of Saint Thekla (44) recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) proclaimed and inspired many men and women who lived holy lives; among them the Egyptian *Paulos (possibly Paulos the Anchorite, S01654), two bishops of Seleucia, and a number of named male and female ascetics. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s.