Chenoboskion (
Greek "geese pasture"), also called Chenoboscium , Chenoboskia ( el, Χηνοβοσκία) and Sheneset ( cop, Ϣⲉⲛⲉⲥⲏⲧ ''Šénesēt''),
[ Wilkinson, John Gardner, Sir ] is the name of an early center of
Christianity in the
Thebaid,
Roman Egypt
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, common_name = Egypt
, subdivision = Province
, nation = the Roman Empire
, era = Late antiquity
, capital = Alexandria
, title_leader = Praefectus Augustalis
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, a site frequented by
Desert Fathers from the 3rd century and the site of a monastery from the 4th.
It is close to the modern village of al-Qasr ( ar, القصر), just east of the larger town of
Nag Hammadi,
Qena Governorate.
The
Nag Hammadi library, a collection of 2nd-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in 1945, was found in the Nile cliffs to the north-west.
History
At Chenoboskion,
St Pachomius was converted to Christianity in the 4th century. Pachomius retreated to this place, having ceased his military activity sometime around 310-315 (the approximate figure given is 314), and converted to Christianity whilst dwelling in the desert.
There is a monastery located at Chenoboskion that is dedicated to St Pachomius.
People moved to the region to be near Saint
Anthony the Great. A monastic community formed around the saint for the purpose of spiritual guidance, beginning in Pispir and from there moving eastward. The mountainous area east of Pispir is the place of the present
Monastery of Saint Anthony
The Monastery of Saint Anthony is a Coptic Orthodox monastery standing in an oasis in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, in the southern part of the Suez Governorate. Hidden deep in the Red Sea Mountains, it is located southeast of Cairo. The Monas ...
. The settlement of Chenoboskion created from this eastward movement began in the
Thebaid.
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his references originally from the San Francisco Coptic Orthodox church of St Antonio etrieved 2011-09-25/ref>
See also
* Antoninus Pius
* Cenobitic monasticism
References
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Further reading
* Palmer, Willia
archive.org
Egyptian chronicles : with a harmony of sacred and Egyptian chronology, and an appendix on Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities (1861) etrieved 2011-09-27* Robert Nort
books.google.com
''Chenoboskion and Q'' etrieved 2011-09-27* Elaine Pagel
pac.nwrls.lib.fl.us
''The gnostic gospels'' etrieved 2011-09-27* David M. Scholer
books.google.co.uk
''Nag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948-1969'' this link shows a list of books,those numbered 1259,1358,1419,1420,1424,1425,1441,1442,1445,1463,1464, relate to historical significance of this settlement etrieved 2011-09-27
History of Christianity in Egypt