Tsmine
| Tsmine | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Location | modern-day Sohag Governorate, Egypt |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Monastery |
| Founder | Pachomius the Great |
| Groundbreaking | 4th century A.D. |
| Completed | 4th century A.D. |
Tsmine was a cenobitic monastery established by Pachomius the Great during the 4th century A.D.[1] It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.[2]
During Pachomius's lifetime, Petronius served as the superior of Tsmine.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Dunn, Marilyn (2000). The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-13463-8.
- ^ Brooks Hedstrom, Darlene L. (2017-11-23). The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt: An Archaeological Reconstruction. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316676653.007. ISBN 978-1-316-67665-3.
- ^ Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195162234. ISBN 978-0-19-516222-6.
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 | Upper Egypt |
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| Middle Egypt | Monastery of Saint Parsoma | ||||
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| Eastern Desert | |||||
| Nitrian Desert | |||||
| Sinai | |||||
