TABENNISI

• About: Secondary Sources:
  • Luc Brésard [Roman Catholic monk]: History of Monastic Spirituality, Chapter 5: Pachomius. Includes extracts from the Coptic language lives of St. Pachomius. [Scourmont]

• About: Primary Sources:
  • General: Palladius: Lausiac History, 18 and 32-34:
  • A tragic story about two nuns who commited suicide: Palladius: Lausiac History, 33:
  • A story about a nun whose saintliness went unrecognized: Palladius: Lausiac History, 34:
• Abbots:
  • St. Theodore the Sanctified, successor of Pachomius.
  • St. Orsiesius, successor of Theodore.
• Noted Monks:
  • St. Silvanus the Actor: converted by Pachomius.
• Noted Visitors:
  • St. Macarius the Younger, an ascetic, came to test himself against the Tabennisiots.
  • St. Athanasius the Great was a friend of Sts. Theodore and Orsiesius.
  • Abba Piteroum discovered a saint there.
  • Palladius of the History visited Tabennisi and wrote about life there.