bazaar and small cafeteria. Ecclesiastical history After Egypt became a Roman possession, the city of Tentyris was part of the Late Roman province of Thebais Secunda. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Ptolemais Hermiou, the capital and metropolitan see of the province. Little is known of the history of Christianity in the place, as only the names of two ancient bishops are given: Pachomius the Great, generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism Serapion or Aprion, a contemporary and friend of the monk Pachomius, whose diocese boasted the celebrated convent of Tabenna. The town was given its present Arabic name of Denderah during the late Ottoman Empire and ruled 6000 inhabitants in Qena (Qeneh) district. Titular see Under the Latin name Tentyris, the episcopal see was nominally revived as a titular bishopric (in Curiate Italian repeatedly renamed) since 1902, but is vacant since 1972, having had the following incumbents of the fitting episcopal (lowest) rank : Matteo Gaughren, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (1902.01.13 – 1914.05.30) Emile-Marie Bunoz, O.M.I. (1917.06.13 – 1945.06.03) André van den Bronk, Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (1946.07.30 – 1952.05.15) Teodoro Bensch (1956.12.01 – 1958.01.07) Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (1958.03.02 – 1972.09.11). Climate This area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dendera has a hot desert climate, abbreviated "BWh" on climate maps. Sponsors Monuments References – Notes Sources and external links GigaCatholic, listing the titular bishops Cities in ancient Egypt Tentyris Populated places in Qena Governorate