E07015: Coptic Encomion on *John Kolobos (John 'the Little', or 'the Dwarf', ascetic of Sketis and monastic founder, S02671), attributed to Zacharias of Xois (Skhoou), written in the early 8th century. Skeleton entry

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Evidence ID

E07015

Saint Name

John Kolobos (John the Little, or John the Dwarf), from the area around Oxyrhynchos, ascetic of Sketis and monastic founder : S02671

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Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

700

Evidence not after

750

Activity not before

339

Activity not after

750

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Xois (Skhoou)

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

Xois (Skhoou) Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Composing and translating saint-related texts

Source

For details see T. Orlandi, Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari online at http://www.cmcl.it/entrata.html/

Bibliography

Mentioned in: Emmel, S., "Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world," in: R. Bagnall (ed.), Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300–700 (Cambridge, 2007), 83–102, p. 97.

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