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Part of the Cistercian Studies series, no. 140
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Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications
Description
Far from the Christian metropolis of Alexandria, removed from the well-known and much-visited monastic settlements of the Thebaid, and infintely remote from Rome, lay the garrison towns of Aswan and Philae. There Christians and pagans coexisted. Integral to the christian community on this desert frontier of Empire were the local monks-ascetics, intercessors, and miracle workers.
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ISBN
087907440X / 9780879074401
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