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Paphnutius logo #10101) Coptic given name 2) Medieval drama 3) Medieval literature
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Paphnutius

Paphnutius logo #21000 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 saints: ...
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Paphnutius

Paphnutius logo #21000[play] Paphnutius or The Conversion of the Harlot Thaïs is a play originally written in Latin by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (935-1002). It concerns the relationship between Saint Thaïs, once a courtesan of Alexandria in Roman Egypt, and Paphnutius the Ascetic, the hermit who offered her conversion to Christianity. The characters of the pla...
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