Pachomius the Great

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Pachomius the Great was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monk renowned as the founder of cenobitic (communal) monasticism and the organizer of some of the earliest structured monastic communities.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pachomius the Great canonical 20
Pachomius 1
St Pachomius the Great 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk ⓘ
Egyptian Christian ⓘ
founder of cenobitic monasticism ⓘ
monastic leader ⓘ
saint ⓘ
approximateNumberOfMonksUnderRule several thousand ⓘ
associatedWith Nile Valley ⓘ
Thebaid ⓘ
birthDate c. 292 ⓘ
birthPlace Thebes, Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Thebes
causeOfDeath plague ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Egypt ⓘ
deathDate 346 ⓘ
developed rule for communal monastic life ⓘ
distinguishedFrom eremitic (hermit) monasticism ⓘ
era 4th century ⓘ
feastDay 14 May (Roman Catholic, historical) ⓘ
15 May (Coptic Orthodox) ⓘ
9 May (Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ
founded monastery at Pbow ⓘ
monastery at Tabennisi ⓘ
network of cenobitic monasteries in Egypt ⓘ
givenName Pachomius ⓘ
linked to: Pachomius the Great
hasTitle Father of Cenobitic Monasticism ⓘ
honorificTitle the Great ⓘ
influenced Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
Benedict of Nursia ⓘ
later Christian monastic rules ⓘ
knownFor Pachomian Rule ⓘ
founding cenobitic (communal) monasticism ⓘ
organizing early structured monastic communities ⓘ
languageOfWritings Coptic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
legacy template for later Christian monastic communities ⓘ
monasticModel cenobitic monasticism ⓘ
movement Christian monasticism ⓘ
numberOfMonasteriesFounded multiple cenobitic communities ⓘ
placeOfMonasticActivity Pbow ⓘ
Tabennisi ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Pachomian monastic federation ⓘ
veneratedIn Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anthony the Great → influenced → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Coptic period → notableFigure → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pachomius the Great → givenName → Pachomius ⓘ
linked to: Pachomius the Great
Panopolis → notableResident → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monastic communities → influencedBy → St Pachomius the Great ⓘ
linked to: Pachomius the Great
Christianization of Egypt → keyFigure → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Saint Anthony Abbot → influenced → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Anthony of Egypt → influenced → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pachomian monastic federation → foundedBy → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pachomian monastic federation → hasNotableMember → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pachomian Rule → associatedWith → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pachomian Rule → authorAttribution → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Tabennisi → foundedBy → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Tabennisi → associatedWith → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Tabennisi → hasNotableResident → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pbow → foundedBy → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pbow → founder → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Pbow → notableResident → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
monastery at Pbow → foundedBy → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
monastery at Pbow → associatedWith → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Desert Fathers and Mothers → hasNotableMember → Pachomius the Great ⓘ
Coptic Egypt → hasImportantMonk → Pachomius the Great ⓘ