Mar Menas - ܡܪܝ ܡܐܢܐ
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An Egyptian monastery
Place Type
monastery
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 30.841158° Long. 29.662742°5
Descriptions
“A monastery and pilgrimage centre about 60 km south-west of Alexandria in the Mareotis region. During the 5th and 6th centuries, the monastery developed into one of the largest monastery complexes in Egypt.” 4
An Egyptian monastery
Status: draft
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- 1 Jean de Ephèse, "Lives of the Eastern Saints I." Patrologia Orientalis vol. 17.1 (1923)., p: 209.
- 2 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 8.
- 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 190, chapter: 3.4.10.
- 4 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 962.
- 5 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727105
How to Cite This Entry
Daniel L. Schwartz et al., “Mar Menas — ܡܪܝ ܡܐܢܐ
” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/2819.
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Daniel L. Schwartz et al., “Mar Menas — ܡܪܝ ܡܐܢܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/2819.About this Entry
Entry Title: Mar Menas — ܡܪܝ ܡܐܢܐ
Additional Credit:
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- URI minted and initial data collected by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo