E02447: Fragment of a Coptic Martyrdom of Apa *Pshoi (S01245), of unknown Egyptian provenance; datable to the 7th century.
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posted on 2017-03-03, 00:00authored bygschenke
BKU 3 325
Pschoi stands trial under the hegemon Culcianus and refuses to sacrifice to Apollo and Artemis.
Fragment 4, lines 110–124 seem to suggest that the saint has performed some sort of impressive miracle. He later gets imprisoned, presumably after being tortured for refusing to sacrifice to Apollo and Artemis. Christ then releases him from prison and heals the wounds inflicted on his body (fragment a).
(Text and German trans. H. Satzinger)
History
Evidence ID
E02447
Saint Name
Pshoi, 4th century Egyptian martyr under Culcianus : S01245
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
400
Evidence not after
699
Activity not before
400
Activity not after
699
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Source
The papyrus fragments containing the Martyrdom of Apa Pshoi once formed part of the same codex as E02446. The fragments are likewise housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin under the same inventory number, P.Berol. inv. 22112,3 (a+b).4. The text of the manuscript has been dated on palaeographical grounds, though the original composition is believed to date back to the 5th/6th century.
Discussion
Too little has survived to determine who this Pshoi is, for possibilities see the collection of sources in A. Papaconstantinou, Cult, p. 220.
Bibliography
Edition:
Satzinger, H., Koptische Urkunden III, Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen Berlin (Berlin, 1968), 18-26.
Discussion:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris, 2001), 220.