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Tmoushons

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Tmoushons
Location
Locationmodern-day Qena Governorate, Egypt
Architecture
TypeMonastery
FounderPachomius the Great
Groundbreaking4th century A.D.
Completed4th century A.D.

Tmoushons (or Thmoušons[1]: 26 ) was a cenobitic monastery established by Pachomius the Great during the 4th century A.D. It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.[2]

The construction and founding of the monastery was overseen by Pachomius the Great. Pachomius assigned Petronius as the overseer of the monastery.[3]: 163 

References

  1. ^ Dunn, Marilyn (2000). The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-13463-8.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.