Paphnutius
Encyclopedia
The Greek
name Paphnutius (Παφνούτιος) takes its origin in Egyptian
pa-ph-nuti ("the [man] of God" or "that who belongs to God"; see: the Coptic name "Papnoute". The name entered Russian as Пафнутий (for example, the famous mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev
).
Paphnutius is the name of different saint
s:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
name Paphnutius (Παφνούτιος) takes its origin in Egyptian
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...
pa-ph-nuti ("the [man] of God" or "that who belongs to God"; see: the Coptic name "Papnoute". The name entered Russian as Пафнутий (for example, the famous mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Chebyshev
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev was a Russian mathematician. His name can be alternatively transliterated as Chebychev, Chebysheff, Chebyshov, Tschebyshev, Tchebycheff, or Tschebyscheff .-Early years:One of nine children, Chebyshev was born in the village of Okatovo in the district of Borovsk,...
).
Paphnutius is the name of different saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
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- Paphnutius of ThebesPaphnutius of ThebesPaphnutius of Thebes, also known as Paphnutius the Confessor, was bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid in the early fourth century, and one of the most interesting possible members of the First Council of Nicaea in 325...
- Paphnutius the AsceticPaphnutius the AsceticSaint Paphnutius the Ascetic , also known as Paphnutius the Hermit, was an Egyptian anchorite of the fourth century...
- Paphnutius of Jerusalem
- Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery
- Paphnutius of Borovsk
- Paphnutius of Tentyra
- Paphnutius (play)Paphnutius (play)Paphnutius or The Conversion of the Harlot Thaïs is a play by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim about the relationship between Saint Thaïs and Paphnutius the Ascetic, the hermit who converted her to Christianity....
a medieval play about the ascetic