Scetes
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Scetes is an early Christian monastic center in the Egyptian desert, renowned as one of the principal settlements of the Desert Fathers.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monastic center
→
ancient Christian site → desert monastic settlement → |
| associatedWith |
Desert Fathers movement
→
Saint Macarius the Great → anchoritic monasticism → semi-eremitic monasticism → |
| country |
Egypt
→
|
| currentUse |
Coptic Orthodox monastic center
→
|
| declinePeriod |
Middle Ages
→
|
| foundedAs |
monastic settlement
→
|
| foundedInApproximateYear |
c. 330
→
|
| foundedInCentury |
4th century
→
|
| founder |
Saint Macarius of Egypt
→
|
| hasMonasteries |
Monastery of Saint Bishoy
→
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great → Paromeos Monastery → Syrian Monastery → |
| historicalRegion |
Scetis
→
|
| influenced |
Byzantine monastic tradition
→
Coptic monasticism → Eastern Christian monasticism → Rule of Saint Benedict → Syriac monasticism → Western Christian monasticism → |
| knownFor |
ascetic practices
→
early Christian monasticism → sayings of the Desert Fathers → spiritual teaching of the Desert Fathers → |
| languageOfEarlyMonks |
Coptic
→
Greek → |
| laterLanguageOfMonks |
Arabic
→
|
| locatedIn |
Egyptian desert
→
Lower Egypt → Nitrian Desert → |
| modernName |
Wadi El Natrun
→
|
| monasticType |
desert monasticism
→
eremitic community → |
| oneOf |
principal settlements of the Desert Fathers
→
|
| partOf |
Western Desert of Egypt
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|
| persecutedBy |
Berber raids
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|
| pilgrimageSiteFor |
Coptic Orthodox Christians
→
other Christian pilgrims → |
| religion |
Christianity
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|
| sisterSettlement |
Kellia
→
Nitria → |
| sufferedEvent |
repeated desert raids
→
|
| tradition |
Christian monasticism
→
Desert Fathers → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Desert Fathers
→
|
location |