TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paphnutius,Paphnutius
AU  - Vivian,Tim
TI  - Histories of the Monks of Upper Egypt and The Life of Onnophrius
T2  - Monastic Studies Series
SN  - 9781607241423
U1  - 230 
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Piscataway, NJ : 
PB  - Gorgias Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Monasticism
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; HISTORIES OF THE MONKS OF UPPER EGYPT --; THE LIFE OF ONNOPHRIUS --; PISENTIUS OF COPTOS A DISCOURSE ON SAINT ONNOPHRIUS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; SCRIPTURE INDEX --; INDEX OF NAMES --; INDEX OF SUBJECTS --; INDEX TO PISENTIUS' DISCOURSE --; ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS FOR THE REVISED EDITION; restricted access
N2  - Far from the Christian metropolis of Alexandria, removed from the well-known and much–visited monastic settlements of the Thebaid, and infintely remote from Rome, lay the garrison towns of Aswan and Philae. There Christians and pagans coexisted. Integral to the christian community on this desert frontier of Empire were the local monks–ascetics, intercessors, and miracle workers
UR  - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463217662
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ER  -