09 works, Today, December 8th, is Patapios of Thebes’ day, his story, illustrated #341

Patapios of Thebes (fl. 4th century AD) was born in Thebes of Egypt, situated in the fourth province of Upper Egypt, approximately 419 miles south of Cairo, and lived in the Kemetian desert sometime during the fourth century. His father was a governor of the region and a descendant of a well known Egyptian family. He and his wife were devout Christians and instructed Patapius in Scripture…

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