SCETE (SKETE, SKETI, ΣΚΉΤΗ, ΣΚΉΤΙΣ [ΣΚΉΤΕΙΟΣ], ΣΚΙΑΒΊΣ)

Volume XI · p. 38 · 1953

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

SCETE (SKETE, SKETI, Σκήτη, Σκήτις [Σκήτειος], Σκιαβίς). — The harshest solitude of the ancient anchorites of Egypt, to the west of the Nitrian desert.

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“SCETE (SKETE, SKETI, ΣΚΉΤΗ, ΣΚΉΤΙΣ [ΣΚΉΤΕΙΟΣ], ΣΚΙΑΒΊΣ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 38. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/scete-skete-sketi-skete-sketis-sketeios-skiabis.