The Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (CSEL) is an academic series that publishes critical editions of Latin works by late-antique Christian authors from the time of the late 2nd century until the beginning of the 7th century. The editions are prepared in cooperation with internationally renowned experts according to modern editorial techniques and are meant to serve as textual basis for scholarly disciplines dealing with Late Antiquity. The volumes are published by the scientific institution "CSEL", which was founded in 1864 by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and which is part of the University of Salzburg since 2012. In addition, monographs on topics related to the Latin patristic period and conference proceedings are published at irregular intervals (Extra Seriem). Arbeitsgruppe CSEL an der Universitat Salzburg http://csel.sbg.ac.at/ International Advisory Board: Francois Dolbeau, Roger Green, Rainer Jakobi, Robert Kaster, Ernst A. Schmidt, Danuta Shanzer, Kurt Smolak, Francesco Stella

This volume presents a critical edition of three Latin monastic texts from late antiquity along with a scholarly introduction. Modeled after predecessors from Egyptian monasticism, Vita Pachomii describes the life and monastic rules of a fictional Desert Father. The Regula Donati and the anonymous Fragmentum Regulae were both designed for nunneries. Donat s rules in particular transmit a complex tradition of early monastic rules"