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Various manuscripts have been discovered near the locations of
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during the 4th century A.D. Altogether, by the mid-300s A.D., nine
Pachomian monasteries formed a network or federation of monasteries known as the
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in the north, while Tbew, Tmoušons, Šeneset, Pbow, and
Tabennesi made up the core nucleus of five monasteries near the modern-day town of
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meaning 'fellowship'), or network of monasteries, when he established the new monastery of
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