Enaton
Burial place · School or library
ancient Egyptian district
This place is not located: the record names it and no coordinate is held.
What this place is
- School or library — the monastic district at the ninth milestone from Alexandria, where Syriac scholars turned the Greek Bible into their own tongue in 616 — the Syro-Hexapla and the Harklean New Testament were both made here
Who is recorded here
- Pope Peter IV of Alexandria burial · AD 576
- Pope Damian of Alexandria burial · AD 605
- Anastasius of Alexandria burial · AD 616
About the place
The Enaton was a monastic district in Egypt during the Middle Ages. It lasted into the 15th century, but it was at its height between the 5th and 7th centuries. It takes its name, which means "ninth", from its location at the ninth milestone southwest of Alexandria along the coastal road.
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