E01911: Beginning of a Greek contract, from Arsinoe (Fayum), addressed to a 'presbyter and oikonomos of the holy Viktor' (probably Viktor, son of Romanos, Egyptian martyr, S00749), datable to the 6th/7th century.

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BGU 1 311, lines 7–10 τῷ εὐ[λα]βεστάτῳ Νειλάμμων(ι) πρεσβ(υτέρῳ) καὶ οἰκονόμου(*) τοῦ ἁγίου Βίκτορος ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρνοῖτον πόλεως '… to the most pious Neilammon, presbyter and oikonomos of saint Viktor from the city of the Arsinoites.' For a full record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;1;311

History

Evidence ID

E01911

Saint Name

Viktor, son of Romanos, Egyptian martyr, ob. 303–311 : S00749

Saint Name in Source

Βίκτωρ

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Viktor_son_of_Romanos_martyr_of_Egypt_and_companion_martyrs/13731070

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private document

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

699

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Arsinoites (Fayum) Theogonis (Arsinoites)

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Arsinoites (Fayum) Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis Theogonis (Arsinoites) Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - lesser clergy

Source

Papyrus from Theogonis found in the Fayum and housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.

Discussion

This presbyter presumably served a church or monastery dedicated to saint Viktor.

Bibliography

Text: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;1;311 Further reading: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 420.