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1XXXI. LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS
2Parchment. Two leaves (Cairo, no. 12), 34 x 24 cm., paged! -ⲅ̄ and -ⲓ︦ⲃ︦ and forming a single sheet—
3evidently from a quire of eight leaves or sixteen pages. For the hand see Plate VIII. The only stop used is
4= (black), occasionally inserted by the original scribe.
5The text opens with an account of the effect on the ecclesiastical situation at Alexandria of Marcian’s
6death, and the consequent election of Timothy (Aelurus) as Patriarch ⲇ..) After a lacuna of two leaves
7(four pages), the return of Timothy from exile ⲇ..) and his subsequent alleged® banishment owing
8to the intrigues of the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople, are described. The appointment of Timothy
9Salophacialos as his successor is then noticed. The fragment closes with part of an anecdote relating to a priest
10of Caesarea who visited Timothy in his exile.
11The greater part of the text is identical with two passages in the Syriac Life of Peter the Iberian Ⲣⲙ
12our fragment is certainly not from a Coptic version of that work. For (1) the two leaves or four pages pre-
13ceding our first leaf could have covered only a small fraction of the life of Peter up to the death of Marcian;
14(2) the whole of our text is relevant to the history of Timothy, Peter being mentioned only in connection
15with the election of that Patriarch; (3) the concluding incident in our fragment, which is found also in the
16Syriac Plerophoriae of John Rufus,’ concerns Timothy alone and not Peter (in whose Life it is not found),
17while the Coptic ignores a short paragraph occurring in the Syriac Life® and dealing with Peter alone.
18It is certain, then, that the two Coptic leaves belong to a Life of Timothy Aelurus and not of Peter. That
19the Coptic writer has pillaged the Life of Peter and the Plerophoriae for his material is most probable.” He
20may very possibly be no other than that Abba George who wrote histories of the Patriarchs from Cyril ⲓ to
21Alexander Il “in the desert of the holy Abi Makar in Wadi Habib.” For not only was Abba George syncellus
22of the Syrian Simon I, and so in a position to learn what Syriac writers had recorded concerning his period ;®
23but we are expressly told that he “informed us of what happened in the time of Marcian, the unbelieving
24prince, and the troubles that overtook our fathers. . .”?
25(Cairo, no. 12). ©
26ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲁ̀ⲧⲟ‐ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ é ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩ
27ⲛⲉ ϣⲱⲛⲓ- ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̄‐
28Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓ̄ⲃⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲗⲟⲅⲅⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲱⲧ
29ⲉⲧⲁϥϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄‐
305 ⲁϥⲧ[ⲱ]ⲛϥ ⲛⲭⲱⲗⲉⲙ ⲁϥⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ 5 ϭ⳪ϭⲁⲩⲙⲱⲓⲧ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲙ̃][ⲡⲁⲓ
31ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁϥⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲉ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲡⲉⲛϭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲓ︦︦ⲥ︦ ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲛⲉϥ ⲉϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲱ‐
32ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥⲥⲱⲕ JAMO ⲁϥⲉⲛϥ € ⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫⲟⲩⲁϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲓ ⲙ̄ⲫ︦ϯ︦ ⲉ w-
33ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛ̄- ⲧⲉⲙⲉⲣⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩⲓⲱⲥ
34ⲛⲟⲙϯ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉ ϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ APH ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲑⲁϣϥ =
35ⲓⲟ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ‐ 10 Ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲟⲩⲉⲣⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲓ(ⲛ)
36Ⲑⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲉ ϯⲟ[ⲓ]ⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲓⲁ̃ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑⲣⲉ ⲡⲓ‐ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲣⲡ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ
37ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲧⲁϩⲉ ϯⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲫⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ϣϫⲟⲙ MMWOT ⲉ̄ ⲉⲣ ⲫⲁⲓ
38ⲙ̃ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛⲉⲧⲓⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲉⲣϩⲉⲙⲓ =
39ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡ[ⲉ]ⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ Ⲁⲩϩⲱ[ⲗ]ⲉⲙ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉ̀ⲧⲧⲁⲓ‐
405 ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲫ︦[ⲙ]ⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲓ ⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲁⲗⲗⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ
411 That numeration is by pages is certain. The usual 5 § xxxvin (ed. Nau, P.O. vii, ⲣ. 63). Note that the
42number of parchment sheets in the quire is four (=eight Syriac is briefer than the Coptic.
43leaves or sixteen pages). 6 Raabe, op. cit., p. 70 (“Das war fiir den seligen Petrus
442 Timothy was elected in 457 and died in 477 A.D.: see .. .erfreuen konnte”’).
45Nau in P.O. vi, p. 20, note 1. 7 If so, he probably used Greek versions of these works.
463 See below, p. 167, note 3. A fragment of a Coptic version of the Plerophoriae has been
474 Raabe, Petrus der Iberer, pp. 64. ϭⲟ. (see published by Crum (Theological Texts, no. 13, pp. 62 ff.), who
48references in the margin of my translation). Peter, son adduces evidence to show that this work was substantially
49of the king of the Iberians, was born in 409 ⲇ... was the work of Peter, the extant Syriac being a redaction
50delivered as a hostage to Theodosius II in 422, ordained edited only by John Rufus. ⲓ
51priest in 447 and bishop in 454. In 455- at any rate he 8 George may himself have been a Syrian.
52was in Egypt: he died 488 A.D. (see Nau, P.O. viii, p. 203, ⲟ Concerning George, see Hist. Patr., ed. Evetts, pp.
53col. 3). Concerning Peter see also Synax., Kihak I (ed. 344 f.
54Basset, p. 290) and O. von Lemm, Iberica (Mém. de ! Acad.
55Imp. des Sciences de S. Pétersbourg, Series viii, t. vii, p. 6).
56164
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57LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS
58ⲉ̃ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱ ⲁⲩⲭⲁ ϫⲟⲙ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁ‐ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲑⲙⲏⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡϣⲁϥⲉ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ
59ϣⲁⲓ ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲑⲗⲓϯ[ⲧ]ⲥ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ
60ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲇⲓⲱⲅⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ ⲉⲁⲩ‐
61ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ ⲉ ϩⲱⲃ
62ⲙⲡⲁⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ =
63ⲉⲣϣⲗⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉ[ⲃ]ⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓ[ⲙ]ⲕⲁϩ ⲛ[ϩ]ⲏⲧ Xe ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉ[ⲙ̃]ⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲡⲁⲝⲓⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϯ‐
6420 Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲱⲛϧ ⲛ̄ⲕ[ⲉⲥ]ⲟⲡ ϧⲉⲛ [ⲡ]ϫⲓⲛⲑ[ⲣ]ⲟⲩ‐ 20 ⲙⲉⲧⲡ[ⲣ]ⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲑⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ a-
65ϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲓⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲁ ...ϫ ]. ⲟⲡ ⲛ]ⲁ[ⲧⲱ]ⲗⲅⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲅⲛⲏⲥⲓⲟⲥ
66ⲉϩⲣⲏ[ⲓ] ⲙⲡⲉⲡⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ .[..].[ . . ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̅]ⲣ[ⲉ]ϣⲭⲟϩ ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ ⲉ ϯⲁⲥⲕⲓⲥⲓ̄ⲥ
67ⲙ ⲉⲑⲣⲉϥϣⲉⲡ [ϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ[ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲙⲁⲓⲏ
68ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡ]|ⲓⲛⲓϣϯ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲓ‐
69ϫⲉ ⲙ̃ⲡⲉϥϫⲱⲛⲧ ⲉ̃ⲣⲱ[ⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲑ‐
70ⲁⲣⲭⲏⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ =
712 ⲣⲉϥⲧⲏⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ov . . . . 25 Ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁ̃]ⲃⲃⲁ ⲧ[]ⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩ‐
72ⲉ ⲛⲉ[ⲛϫⲓ]ϫ ⲙ̃ⲡ[ⲓ]ⲗⲟⲓ ⲙⲟⲥ [ . .
73ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥ]ⲉⲣⲕⲟⲥ[ⲙ]ⲓⲛ ϧⲉⲛ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ
74ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲙⲥⲛⲟ[ϥ =
75ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲙ̃]ⲡⲓϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲙ̄ⲫ‐
76Ⲁ[ⲟⲓⲡ]ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ & ⲡⲓⲥⲏ[ⲟⲩ ⲣⲏϯ ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲩⲟ [ⲇⲉ ⲟⲩ‐
77ⲣⲉϥⲭⲟϩ ⲛ]ⲁⲕⲣⲓⲃⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲁϩ[ϯ
7830 ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟ]ⲥ ‐
79ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲙⲓ...] Asal... Ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲉⲛϥ ⲇⲉ [ⲉ] ϯⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲩⲟ[ⲡ]ⲧϥ
80ⲛⲓⲕⲉⲭⲱⲟⲩⲛⲓ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙⲏϣ ⲡ-
81ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲉ̀ⲑⲣ[ⲟⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ
8230 Ⲁ[ⲅ]ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ fixe ⲫⲙⲏϣ[ ⲛⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ
83ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ] ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲑⲏ ⲉ̃ⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟ‐
84ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩϯ [ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓϩⲉ‐ ⲩϯ ⲉⲣ]ⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉ ⲁ ϯ‐
85ⲛⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲟⲕⲧⲱⲕⲉ[ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲟⲛ ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲧ]ⲏⲣⲥ ⲥⲭⲉⲇⲟ[ⲛ] ⲑⲱⲟⲩϯ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩ‐
8635 mem ⲡⲕⲉⲥⲉⲡⲓ ⲛ̄[ⲛⲓϯⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧ[ⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉ‐ 35 ⲥⲟⲡ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩ‐
87ⲑ]ⲟⲩⲁⲃ [ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲡ[ⲓⲗ]ⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉ[ⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ
88ⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲣⲟⲩϣⲉⲡ.
89a
90. . ."Marcian' died suddenly without sickness. Then the blessed Peter the Iberian, who was at Ⲣⲉ ⲉ
91at that time, arose in haste and went forth from Pemdje and returned to Rakoti. It was our Lord Jesus the
92Christ Who led him and brought him thither according to a dispensation, that he might become a support
93unto the people and a strength of the orthodox faith. Now this was the dispensation. When the news reached
94the city Rakoti concerning the death of Marcian—he who had been the author and originator of all these woes
95of the multitude of the orthodox, who no longer had strength by reason of the increase of the afflictions which
96were laid upon them and the persecutions which overtook them since they despaired through grief of heart—
97they lived again because they had found a season of repose: [they gave thanks] unto our Savior that they had
98received a favor of this sort at His hands, in that He was not wroth with them in delivering them in [anger 7]
99into the hands of the pestilential ) and bloodthirsty wolf. Thereon, since they saw that the season was such
100as they prayed that they might find (7), the multitude of the monks assembled, both they who were in the
101city. ..and the others also who were there, the multitudes of the place which is called Pi-Ennaton and
102Oktokaidekaton* and the rest of the holy monasteries, together with all the believing people *of the city of
103Rakoti. And there was amongst them there the great ascete and prophet, Abba Longinus,® the Father of the
104monks, who was unto them a guide and a leader in this good work, urging them at the bidding of God not
105to be neglectful but to hasten to finish that which they purposed.
106Then as they were deliberating together, they sent certain who had the power to do this thing with
107authority, and they dragged the honored confessor—nay rather the very martyr—Timothy® from the
108desert while he was unaware of anything of this kind. For he had previously been held worthy of the dignity
109of the priesthood—he and Anatolius, his true brother and his rival in the ascetic life—at the hands of the
110great Cyril, the Archbishop of Rakoti. For our Father Abba Timotheos was a man adorned with every form
111of the grace of Christ like the Apostles, and moreover with a keen zeal for the orthodox faith.
112Now when they brought him into the city, and took him into the Church which is called the Caesareum,’
113almost all the city was assembled together, men and women and their children together with the holy monks.
114Two leaves (four pages) missing.
115ⲓ Emperor, 450-457 A.D. A Sahidic Life of Longinus (and Lucius) is extant (Morgan
1162 =Oxyrhynchus, the modern Behnesa. MSS., xxxvi, 87° ff). Five of his sayings are found in the
1173 The Syriac has ‘destructive.’ Apophth. Patr. (P.G. Lxv, 266ff.).
1184 The Syriac adds Eikoston and explains in a note (see 6 i.e. Timothy Aelurus, Patriarch 457-477 A.D.: he is
119Raabe’s edition, p. 64) that these monastic centres were otherwise credited with having contrived his own eleva-
120nine, eighteen, and twenty miles distant respectively from tion by working on the credulity of the monks.
121Alexandria. Cp. Cauwenbergh, Etude sur les Moines 7 A pagan temple or heroon dedicated to Caesar, sub-
122d Egypte, pp. 66 ff. sequently transformed into a Christian Church (in which
1235 Of Cilicia, Superior of El Zajag (Pi-Ennaton). For Hypatia was murdered: Socrates, H.E. vi, 15). For its
124his history see Synax., Amshir 2 (ed. Basset, pp. 730 ff.). site see E. Breccia, Alexandrea ad Aegyptum, p. 45.
125165
126“(p. 5)
127=Raabe, p. 64
128*p.6
129=Raabe, p. 65
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130NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS
131(Cairo, no. 12).
132I0
133MMIMARSPIOC ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲩⲉⲣ‐
134ⲭⲓⲣⲟⲇⲟⲛⲓⲛ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲫ︦ϯ
135ⲛ̄ⲥⲉⲧϩⲉⲙⲥⲟϥ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ϫⲉ
136ϩⲓⲛⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲙϯ
137ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲛϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ̃ⲕⲁⲩϩ
138ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲥⲓⲛⲓ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲙ̃ⲧⲟⲛ
139ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ
140Ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲕⲟⲧϥ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ ϯⲃⲁⲕⲓ ⲁ ⲙⲱ‐
141ⲓⲧ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲙⲟϩ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲓ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϥ ϩⲓ ⲑⲉ‐
142ⲗⲏⲗ ⲟⲩⲟϩ nape ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲉϥⲟϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ‐
143pen ⲛⲓⲁⲑⲛⲁϩϯ ϩⲏⲗ ⲉⲩϭⲓⲱⲙⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ
144ⲓⲥϫⲉ ⲥϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲛϫⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲧ
145ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙ[ⲣ]ⲁⲕⲟϯ ⲟⲓ
146ⲙⲫⲉ ⲛ̄ⲛⲓⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ
14715 Ⲉϥϣⲟⲡ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉ‐
148ⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟ[ⲡ]ⲏ ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ϯ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ
149Ⲡⲁⲗⲓⲛ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲉϥϣϥⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲡⲓⲫⲑⲟ‐
150ⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ € ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
151ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ =
15220 Ⲁϥⲑⲣⲟⲩⲗⲓⲃⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ϧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ‐
15325
15430
15535
156ⲡⲓϣϯ ⲙ̃̄ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛ̄ϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲉ-
157ⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϧⲉⲛ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲩⲟ
158ⲇⲉ ⲫⲁ ⲕⲱⲛⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓ [ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ
159ⲫⲁ ⲣⲱⲙⲏ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ϫⲉ ⲫⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁ‐
160ⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲡⲙⲟⲑ]ⲉⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉϥⲕⲁⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁ‐
161ⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ]ⲉⲙ ⲡⲉϥϣⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲧⲉϥⲡⲁⲣ‐
162ⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲁⲩϣⲟⲡ ⲛϣⲫⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲙ ϫⲫⲓⲟ
163ⲛ̄ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ
164Ⲉϥⲉⲣⲁⲛⲁⲑⲉⲙⲁⲧⲓ ⲥⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲛⲓ ⲛ̄ⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥⲓⲁ̀
165ⲛ̄ⲑⲟϥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ ϧⲁⲣⲁⲧϥ
166ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ
167ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛϯⲥⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲥⲉ‐
168ⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲭⲁⲗⲕⲏⲇⲱⲛ
169Ⲉⲁⲩⲓⲣⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲓϣϯ ⲛⲥⲡⲟⲩⲇⲏ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ
170ⲡ]ϯ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲭⲣⲏⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ
171ⲛⲣⲱⲙ ⲛ̄ⲁⲛ[ⲟ]ⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲙⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ
1721 sic apparently, for ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ.
173166
174ⲓ︦ⲃ︦
175ⲛ̄ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲱⲡ ⲉⲧⲟϩⲓ ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲏⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲙ-
176ⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲩϯ ϩⲟⲙⲧ ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ
177ϯⲙⲉⲧⲙⲁⲓ ϩⲁⲧ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲕⲏⲛ ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓ
178ⲥⲟϭⲛⲓ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲙ̃ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟ(ⲛ)
179ϣⲁⲧⲟⲩⲉⲣⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓⲍⲓⲛ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ⲙ̄‐
180ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲩ‐
181ⲫⲱⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲁⲛⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉⲩⲟϣ ϧⲉⲛ
182ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲏϯ ⲁⲩⲟⲗϥ ⲉ ϯ‐
183ⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲁ̃ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ
184ⲓⲟ ϫⲉ ⲅⲁⲅⲅⲣⲁ ⲡⲓⲙⲁ ⲉⲧ ⲁ ⲡⲉϥϣⲫⲏⲣ
185ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅ[ⲡ]ⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲣⲉϥϯ [ⲉ]ϫⲉ(ⲛ)
186ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
187ϫⲱⲕ [ⲉ]ⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲉ ⲁϥϭⲓ ⲙ̃ⲡ[ⲓ]ⲭ‐
188ⲗⲟⲙ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ϯⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ-
18915 Ⲉⲧⲁⲩϩⲓⲟⲩⲓ ⲅ[ⲁ]ⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̃ⲡⲓⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ
190ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ϩⲡ]ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϥⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ϩⲓ‐
191TEM ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲥⲧⲁⲅⲙⲁ̃ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩ‐
192ⲁⲩⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲁ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲉⲣⲉⲝⲱⲣⲓ‐
193TIM ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ =
19420 Ⲟⲩⲟϩ [ⲛ]ⲥⲉⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̄ ⲡⲉϥ‐
195ⲙⲁ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲧ(ⲕ)ⲉ[ⲕ]ⲑⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲉ̄‐
196ⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡ[ⲉ] ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ
197ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟ[ⲩⲡ]ⲣⲟⲥⲏ̄ⲅⲟⲣⲓⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ
198ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲕⲉⲣⲁ(ⲛ)
1992 ⲇ[ⲉ] ϫⲉ ⲥⲁⲥⲁⲗⲟⲫⲁⲕⲓⲁ[ⲗⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲟⲛ
200ⲉϥⲁⲙⲟⲛⲓ ⲙⲫⲛⲁϩϯ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲕ[ⲏⲟⲩ]ⲧ
201ⲡⲛⲓ ⲭⲁⲗⲕⲏⲇⲱⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ
202Ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩ[ⲟ]ⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ϧⲉ (ⲛ)
203ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲫⲟⲗⲓⲟⲥ
2043ⲟ ⲉϥϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϯⲉ|ⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ‐
205ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ⲉ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲡⲉ
206ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲛⲥⲉⲙⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲙⲁϣⲱ ⲉϥⲧⲁⲓ‐
207ⲏⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ϩⲱⲥ
208ⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲉϥϥⲁⲓ ϧⲁ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣ ⲛ̄ⲣⲓⲥⲓ
20935 ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧϫⲱⲣⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲡⲓⲛⲁϩϯ
210ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧ[ⲉⲛ] ⲡⲉϥ[ⲛ]ⲓϣϯ
2111 sic.
page 227
212LIFE OF TIMOTHY AELURUS
213[The Emperor! commanded that they should restore] “the blessed Timothy, who was elected by God,
214and seat him upon his throne, that in this way the city might regain strength after the troubles which were
215past and that the people might rest in peace. And when he returned into the city, every street was filled
216with joy and delight and gladness; and a great multitude of the unbelievers was coming to receive baptism.
217And if we may speak briefly, the city of the people of Rakoti was Heaven in all those days.
218Now when the blessed Timothy had occupied the Bishopric for three? years, once more the envious demon
219could not endure to behold the salvation of men. He caused the Bishops who were in every place, especially
220they of Constantinople and Rome,® to rage in this manner with a great hatred, because the life of the blessed
221Timothy, his disposition, his renown, and his outspokenness were a shame and rebuke unto them, since he
222daily anathematized publicly—he, and the Bishops who were under him, and the clergy, and the monks,
223and the laity—the unholy Council which was held at Chalcedon. They made a great to-do by means of bribe-
224giving and the advocacy of lawless men—for they found ⲉ rulers who were in power at that time amenable
225to them through covetousness—and did not cease from their wicked and evil design until they had caused
226the blessed Timothy to be exiled again, and had shed much blood among the people. And so he was removed
227into exile again, to a city, Gangra, the place wherein his fellow-confessor and champion of the orthodox
228faith, *Dioscoros, ended his days when he had won the crown of Confessorship.*
229For when they had cast out the blessed Timothy from his throne by means of the King’s decree and of
230violence, and had caused him to be exiled, they set another in his place by the King’s edict, namely, one of
231the priests who was styled, indeed, Timothy, though his other name was Salophacialos®, and who also
232had adopted the corrupt faith of the Chalcedonians.
233Now there was a priest in Caesarea named Apholios® who celebrated in the Church of the orthodox: he
234was a holy man and very reverend, honored in the sight of all as a chosen one, who had endured a multitude
235of afflictions steadfastly for the orthodox faith by reason of his great. . .
2361 6. Basiliscus, who had driven Zeno from the throne:
237see Evagrius, H.E. 111, 4. This restoration of Timothy was
238In 475 A.D.
2392 The Syriac (Raabe, ⲣ. 69) reads “seven.” Timothy
240occupied the throne after restoration from 475-477; but
241there is evidently some confusion here between the first
242and second exile of Timothy. According to Evagrius, H.E.
243Ⲡⲓ. 11, Zeno purposed to banish Timothy, but spared
244him because of his advanced age; and the exile to Gangra
245and substitution of Salophacialos (narrated below) followed
246Timothy's banishment in 460 ⲇ... when he had actually
247held the Archbishopric for three years.
2483 sc. Anatolius and Leo I.
2494 The absence of the short paragraph which follows in
250the Syriac (Raabe, p. 70) relating to Peter the Iberian is
251significant and goes to show that our fragment is from a
252Life of Timothy rather than of Peter (see Introductory
253Note).
2545 In Evagrius, A.E. 11, 11, the second name is given as
255Salophacialos: the duplication of the first syllable in the
256Coptic may be a mere error.
2576 In the Syriac Mss. of the Plerophoriae (see Nau’s note,
258P.O. vii, 63) the name is variously given Apolonos and
259Apios; but in § xxix, where the same priest is mentioned,
260the mss. give Altds and Apoldos, of which the last most
261nearly approximates to the Coptic.
262ⲣ. 11)
263= Raabe, ⲣ. 69
264=Raabe, p. 70
265= Plerophoriae
266§ xxvin
page 228
267NEW TEXTS FROM THE MONASTERY OF SAINT MACARIUS

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XXXI. Life of Timothy Aelurus — lines 17252–17623, pdf pp. 224-228 (Evelyn-White, The Monasteries of the Wâdi ’n Natrûn, Part I: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius (1926) — OCR). corpus/incoming/w-boh-evelyn-white-wadi-natrun-i-1926/monasteriesofwdi01evel.pdf (staged 2026-09-23 by worker W-BOH; provenance, terms as fetched and SHA-256 in corpus/incoming/w-boh-evelyn-white-wadi-natrun-i-1926/README.md); OCR by tools/batch_ocr.py (A5d, tools/run_a5d.sh), model coptic+eng; page files: L0/ocr/Incoming/monasteriesofwdi01evel/pages. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/hagiography/new-coptic-texts-from-the-monastery-of-saint-macarius-evelyn-white-1926/evelyn-white-the-monasteries-of-the-wadi-n-natrun-part-i-new-coptic-texts-from-t-69082f/L17252-17623/.

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