- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu
- 2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae
- 3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the <i>Difnar</i>
- 4 Christianity on Philae
- 5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu
- 6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia
- 7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt
- 8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500
- 9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia
- 10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya
- 11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra
- 12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa
- 13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited
- 14 Monastic Life in Makuria
- 15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral
- 16 The Word and the Flesh
- 17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa
- 18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun
- 19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa
- 20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums
- 21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu
- 22 Christianity in Kom Ombo
- 23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun
- 24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia
- 25The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia
The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia
- Chapter:
- (p.79) 9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia
- Author(s):
Youhanna Nessim Youssef
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter shows that biblical saints in Lower Nubia are very well represented, while bishops and monks are only represented by two examples. There is special veneration for St. Mark, the founder of the Coptic Church, and St. Thomas, the preacher for India in the larger sense of the term. It also argues that most of the saints are chosen for their ‘orthodoxy’, that Archangel Michael is the protector of the kingdom of Nubia, and that the veneration of Severus of Antioch flourished in Southern Egypt.
Keywords: Veneration, Saints, Aswan, Nubia, Copt, Christianity, Egypt, Youhanna Nessim Youssef
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- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu
- 2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae
- 3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the <i>Difnar</i>
- 4 Christianity on Philae
- 5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu
- 6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia
- 7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt
- 8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500
- 9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia
- 10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya
- 11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra
- 12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa
- 13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited
- 14 Monastic Life in Makuria
- 15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral
- 16 The Word and the Flesh
- 17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa
- 18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun
- 19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa
- 20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums
- 21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu
- 22 Christianity in Kom Ombo
- 23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun
- 24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia
- 25The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
