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Daniel of Scetis (disciple of Arsenius)

Also: Abba Daniel

Born: the year and the place are not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.

Disciple of Arsenius in the fifth century, and the source of many stories about him.

Wrote in Coptic.

Places lived

  1. until 434Scetis (now Wadi El Natrun, Egypt)monkyears not sure, place probable
  2. 434 to 450Troe (now Tura, Egypt)monkyears not sure, place not sure

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

Filed here, not written by Daniel of Scetis (disciple of Arsenius)

These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.

How we know the dates and places
Born not known
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Daniel gives no year
Place of birth not known
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Daniel
Died not known
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Daniel; he was alive after Arsenius died (about 449)
Place of death not known
no ancient source
Scetis, years not sure
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Arsenius 42; Daniel 1
Scetis, place probable
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Daniel 1; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727232
Troe, years not sure
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Arsenius 42-43: Daniel was with Arsenius to his death
Troe, place not sure
Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Arsenius 42; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727252