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Pachomius, St.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An Egyptian hermit, the founder of conventual monachism, who established the first institution of the kind at Tabenna, an island in the Nile; he also established the first nunnery under his sister (292-348). Festival, May 14.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pachomius, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pachomius-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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