Orsiesius

Orsiesius was a disciple of Pachomius, head of the Pachomian monasteries twice (346 and again after Theodore's death in 368 until his own resignation or death). His Teaching survives complete only in Jerome's Latin translation of 404, made from a Greek version of the Coptic.

Dates

head of the Pachomian monasteries 350-368, died ca. 387 (approximate)

See or city

Tabennisi

Region

Egypt

Also known as

Horsiesios; Horsiesi; Orsisius

Notes

Third head of the Pachomian koinonia in Upper Egypt, after Pachomius and Theodore. Honoured as a saint in the Orthodox (and Coptic) calendars.

Works

• Teaching (Book of Orsiesius)Liber Orsiesii (Doctrina de institutione monachorum) · ca. 380-390