Pachomius
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The first rules for a community of this type were drawn up by Pachomius who founded a coenobitic community at Tabenna in 320 A.D.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William
The rule of Pachomius spread over Egypt into Syria and Palestine.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley
Pachomius had been one of a body of young soldiers seized against their will and forced to fight in the wars between Constantine and Maxentius.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
"Who are these good men?" asked Pachomius of a bystander.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
Not content to fulfil the rule of St. Benedict in its full rigor, he practised all the severest observances prescribed by the rules of St. Pachomius and St. Basil.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
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