Paphnutius

The Greek name Paphnutius (Παφνούτιος) takes its origin in Egyptian pa-ph-nuti ("the [man] of God" or "that who belongs to God"; see: the Coptic name "Papnoute"). The name entered Russian as Пафнутий (for example, the famous mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev).

Paphnutius is the name of different saints:

• Paphnutius of Thebes
• Paphnutius the Ascetic
• Paphnutius of Jerusalem
• Paphnutius, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery
• Paphnutius of Borovsk
• Paphnutius of Tentyra
• Paphnutius (play) a medieval play about the ascetic