Amoun of Nitria
Also: Ammon, Amun
Born perhaps between 290 and 300; the place is not known. Died probably between 347 and 356, probably in Nitria (now El Barnugi, Egypt).
Egyptian monk who began the monastic settlement of Nitria about 330.
Wrote in Coptic.
Places lived
- 325 to 356Nitria (now El Barnugi, Egypt)monkyears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
Filed here, not written by Amoun of Nitria
These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.
- Stories of Amoun of Nitria (from Palladius) about or from this personThe chapter on Amoun of Nitria from the Lausiac History of Palladius.612 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Amun ; worked back from Palladius, Lausiac History 8 (18 years married, 22 years at Nitria)
- Place of birth not known
- Palladius, Lausiac History 8 names no town; he was an orphan who grew balsam in Egypt
- Died probable
- Athanasius, Life of Antony 60: Antony (died 356) saw his soul go up; Palladius, Lausiac History 8
- Place of death probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 8; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727176
- Nitria, years not sure
- Palladius, Lausiac History 8: 22 years at Nitria; D. Chitty, The Desert a City (1966) puts the start about 330
- Nitria, place probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 8; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727176