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    Ammon, Amun (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ), Ammonas (Greek: Ἀμμώνας), Amoun (Ἀμοῦν), or Ammonius the Hermit (/əˈmoʊniəs/; Greek: Ἀμμώνιος) was a 4th-century Christian...
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  • Amun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Amun (Amun-Ra, Amon, Ammon, Amen, Amoun, or Hammon) is an Egyptian god. Amun may also refer to: Saint Amun,...
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  • (geometer) (fl. 3rd century), ancient Roman mathematician Saint Amun (fl. 4th century), a Christian saint also known as Ammon Ammon, son of Lot (Bible) Ammon...
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  • cultivable land. In the 330s, Saint Amun founded Nitria, only 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Alexandria, using the rules of Saint Anthony. He founded a second...
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  • Christian writer confused with Ammonius Saccas Ammonius the Hermit, called Saint Amun, 4th century abbot and desert father Ammonius Grammaticus (fl. 389), Egyptian...
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    sites remain there today. Founded in 338 C.E. by Saint Amun, under the spiritual guidance of Saint Anthony, it was designed for those who wished to enter...
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    including Saint Amun, Saint Arsenius, Saint Isidore of Scété, Saint John the Dwarf, Saint Macarius of Egypt, Saint Macarius of Alexandria, Saint Moses the...
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  • Alexandria Saint Amun Saint Apollonia Saint Maurice Saint Menas St. Nilammon Saint Pambo Saint Sarah Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Saints Chrysanthus...
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    Ptolemaic period, the sanctuary of Amun was restructured, and a new portico was built at its entrance. A Coptic monastery of Saint Phoibammon was built between...
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    Desert Fathers (category Groups of Roman Catholic saints)
    seen mostly in Nitria, Kellia and Scetis, west of the Nile, begun by Saint Amun. The latter were small groups (two to six) of monks and nuns with a common...
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