Tmoushons | |
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Location | |
Location | modern-day Qena Governorate, Egypt |
Architecture | |
Type | Monastery |
Founder | Pachomius the Great |
Groundbreaking | 4th century A.D. |
Completed | 4th century A.D. |
Tmoushons (or ThmouĊĦons[1]: 26 ) was a cenobitic monastery established by Pachomius the Great during the 4th century A.D. It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries.[2]
The construction and founding of the monastery was overseen by Pachomius the Great. Pachomius assigned Petronius as the overseer of the monastery.[3]: 163