IBaouit Clédat, p. 120, no 2:
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
'God, of our holy fathers, saint Shenoute and Apa Apollo together with all our holy fathers!'
Evidence ID
E00948Saint Name
Shenoute, abbot of the White Monastery near Akhmim/Panopolis (Upper Egypt), ob. c. 465. : S00688
Apa Apollo, founder of the monastery at Bawit : S00160Saint Name in Source
ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱType of Evidence
Inscriptions - GraffitiLanguage
CopticEvidence not before
600Evidence not after
799Activity not before
600Activity not after
799Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
BawitPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Bawit
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - monasticCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationSource
Graffito on the wall of chapel 19, see IBaouit Clédat, p. 120, no 2.Discussion
The monastery of Apa Apollo was a site for pilgrimage, especially for people visiting the tomb of its founder Apa Apollo. Archaeological evidence points to the existence of a reception room for pilgrims of all ages and both sexes where many of them left their graffiti. Visitors came from various different areas and districts of Egypt, such as the Fayum and Aphrodito.Bibliography
Clackson, S.J., Coptic and Greek Texts relating to the Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo (Oxford, 2000), 6.
Papaconstantinou, A., Le Culte des Saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris, 2001), 185–186.
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