In fact, three of the nine monasteries that joined Pachomius' cenobitic federation were not founded by him, meaning he actually was not the first to have such an idea since these three "clearly had an independent origin."
Pada kenyataannya, tiga dari sembilan biara yang tergabung dalam gabungan senobitik St. Pakomius bukan didirikan oleh ia, yang berarti bahwa ia bukan orang pertama yang memiliki gagasan semacam itu karena ketiganya "jelas memiliki suatu asal mula sendiri".