At Chenoboskion,
St Pachomius was converted to Christianity in the 4th century. Pachomius retreated to this place, having ceased his military activity sometime around 310-315 (the approximate figure given is 314), and converted to Christianity whilst dwelling in the desert.[9][4]
There is a
monastery located at Chenoboskion that is dedicated to St Pachomius.[10]
People moved to the region to be near Saint
Anthony the Great. A monastic community formed around the saint for the purpose of spiritual guidance, beginning in Pispir and from there moving eastward. The mountainous area east of Pispir is the place of the present
Monastery of Saint Anthony. The settlement of Chenoboskion created from this eastward movement began in the
Thebaid.[11]
The only remains of masonry consist of a dilapidated quay, amidst whose ruins is a stone bearing a Greek inscription, apparently of the time of Antoninus Pius; from which we learn that the individual, by whose order it was sculptured, had executed some work "at his own expense;" ...[2]
^J.D. McCaughey
onlinelibrary.wiley.com The Nag Hammadi or Chenoboskion Library A Bibliographical Survey by [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
librarything.com website
John Dart
amazon.ca page 2 of Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus: The Discovery and Text of the Lost Gospel of Thomas Ulysees press 1998 [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
N. Sri RAM
books.google.co.uk Theosophist Magazine September 1960-April 1961 [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
Jean Doresse
amazon.co.ukThe Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnosis: Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
catholicculture.org/ [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
V. R. Gold
JSTOR "Gnostic Library of Chenoboskion [Retrieved 2011-09-28] (originally referenced from Biblical Archeologist, 15 (1952) 70-88; from the article written at
catholicculture.orgtrinity Communications-(catholicculture.org) [Retrieved 2011-09-28]
^good brother Matthais W.Wahba
stmarystlouis.bizland.com web-site his references originally from the San Francisco Coptic Orthodox church of St Antonio[Retrieved 2011-09-25]
Further reading
Palmer, William
archive.org Egyptian chronicles : with a harmony of sacred and Egyptian chronology, and an appendix on Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities (1861) [Retrieved 2011-09-27]
Robert North
books.google.comChenoboskion and Q [Retrieved 2011-09-27]
David M. Scholer
books.google.co.ukNag Hammadi Bibliography, 1948-1969 this link shows a list of books,those numbered 1259,1358,1419,1420,1424,1425,1441,1442,1445,1463,1464, relate to historical significance of this settlement [Retrieved 2011-09-27]