North Africa
Egypt
Red Sea

Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite in Egypt is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the , near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about 405 km south east of . The monastery is also known as the Monastery of the Tigers.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: monastery
  • Also known as: “Dayr al Qiddis Bulus”, “Dayr al Qiddīs Būlus”, “Deir Mari Bolos”, “Monastery of Saint Paul”, “Monastery of St. Paul”, and “Saint Paul Monastery”

Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

Latitude
28.84743° or 28° 50′ 51″ north
Longitude
32.55069° or 32° 33′ 3″ east
Elevation
353 metres (1,158 feet)
Open location code
7GWJRHW2+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 969756018
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
350562
Wiki­data ID
Q488773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير الأنبا بولا”
  • Dutch: “Anba Polaklooster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا بولا”
  • French: “Monastere de Saint-Paul”
  • French: “monastère de Saint-Paul”
  • French: “Monastère de Saint-Paul”
  • French: “Monastère Saint-Paul”
  • German: “Anba-Pola-Kloster”
  • German: “Kloster des hl. Paulus des Einsiedlers”
  • German: “Paulus-Kloster”
  • Italian: “Monastero di San Paolo eremita”
  • Persian: “صومعه سنت پل منزوی”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Pawła”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Павла Фивейского”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святого Павла Фивейского”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Светог Павла Тивејског”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир святого Павла Фівейського”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite”. Photo: LorisRomito, CC BY-SA 3.0.