Though this is an interesting explanation of why he decided to initiate the cenobitic tradition, there are sources that indicate there were already other communal monastic communities around at that time and possibly before him.
Terlepas dari penjelasan menarik mengenai mengapa ia memutuskan untuk memulai tradisi senobitik, terdapat sumber-sumber yang mengindikasikan bahwa telah ada komunitas-komunitas monastik komunal lainnya sekitar waktu tersebut dan mungkin sebelum ia.