Name
Apollo, Apa Apollo, monk and founder of the monastery of Isaak near Herakleopolis
Saint ID
S01968
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E05192 | Coptic Encomion on Apa *Apollo (S01968), Pachomian monk and founder of the monastery of *Isaak (S00276), presumably located near Herakleopolis Magna (Middle Egypt), attributed to Stephanos, bishop of Herakleopolis Magna, and presented on Apollo’s day of commemoration, relating the saint’s ascetic life as a monk in the Pachomian monastery at Pbow, his virtues and great humility, his wanderings, as well as his founding of the monastery of Isaak, his prophetic gift and numerous miracles performed during his lifetime as well as posthumously; written presumably in the later 6th c. |
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