Phnoum Explained

Phnoum
Location:	near Latopolis, Upper Egypt
Architecture Type:	Monastery
Founded By:	Pachomius the Great
Groundbreaking:	4th century A.D.
Year Completed:	4th century A.D.

Phnoum was a cenobitic monastery established by Pachomius the Great during the 4th century A.D.^[1] Located near Latopolis in Upper Egypt, it was the southernmost of the nine Pachomian monasteries.^{[2] [3]}

According to the Bohairic Life of Pachomius (58),^[4] the construction of the monastery created tensions between the local Egyptian pagans and the Christian monks.^{[2] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Dunn, Marilyn . The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages . Blackwell Publishers . Oxford . 2000 . 0-631-13463-8.
2. Book: Brooks Hedstrom, Darlene L. . The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt: An Archaeological Reconstruction . Cambridge University Press . 2017-11-23 . 978-1-316-67665-3 . 10.1017/9781316676653.007.
3. Book: Harmless, William . Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 978-0-19-516222-6 . Oxford . 10.1093/0195162234.
4. Book: Veilleux, Armand . Pachomian Koinonia: The life of Saint Pachomius and his disciples (volume 1) . Cistercian Publications . Kalamazoo, Mich . 1980 . Cistercian Studies Series . 45 . 0-87907-845-6.
5. Christian . Barthel . Monastic Authority on Trial: The Synod of Latopolis . Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter . Walter de Gruyter . Berlin . 2020 . 978-3-11-068437-7 . 25-39.