Tse Monastery

Tse
Tse
Location
Location	modern-day Sohag Governorate, Egypt
Architecture
Type	Monastery
Founder	Pachomius the Great
Groundbreaking	4th century A.D.
Completed	4th century A.D.

Last updated May 14, 2025

Tse was a cenobitic monastery established by Pachomius the Great during the 4th century A.D.^[1] It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.^[2]

The construction and founding of the monastery was overseen by Pachomius the Great. Pachomius assigned Petronius as the overseer of the monastery.^[3]^: 163

References

↑ Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195162234. ISBN 978-0-19-516222-6.
↑ Dunn, Marilyn (2000). The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-13463-8.
↑ Brooks Hedstrom, Darlene L. (2017-11-23). The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt: An Archaeological Reconstruction. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316676653.007. ISBN 978-1-316-67665-3.

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[Harmless-1] Harmless, William (2004). Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195162234. ISBN 978-0-19-516222-6.

[Dunn-2] Dunn, Marilyn (2000). The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-13463-8.

[Cambridge-3] Brooks Hedstrom, Darlene L. (2017-11-23). The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt: An Archaeological Reconstruction. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316676653.007. ISBN 978-1-316-67665-3.

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