Shenute
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Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: ), was the abbot of the White Monastery in Egypt. He is considered a saint by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and is one of the most renowned saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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Shenute was a male writer and abbot from Roman Egypt, belonging to the Egyptian ethnic group. He lived during the Low Roman Empire period and held the position of abbot at the White Monastery. He wrote in the Coptic language and is recognized as a saint.
He was born around 348 and died in 466 in Sohag. His notable works include Collectanea Coptica, De judicio finale, Œuvres de Schenoudi, Pseudo-Shenoute on Christian behaviour, and Le Canon 8 de Chénouté. He is also identified as a centenarian and supercentenarian.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- approximately 348
- Died
- 466
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Collectanea Coptica
- De judicio finale
- Œuvres de Schenoudi
- Pseudo-Shenoute on Christian behaviour
- Le Canon 8 de Chénouté
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Shenoute
- Saint.birth_date
- 348 (uncertain)
- Saint.death_date
- 1 July 465
- Saint.feast_day
- 7 Epip
- Saint.venerated_in
- Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Saint.image
- Shenoute of Atripe.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.birth_place
- Egypt
- Saint.death_place
- Sohag, Egypt
- Saint.titles
- Archimandrite
- Saint.major_shrine
- White Monastery
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Roman Egypt
- Place of death
- Sohag
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- Coptic
- Image
- Shenoute of Atripe.jpg
- Work location
- White Monastery
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- date of birth
- 0348-01-01
- date of death
- 0466-01-01
- Commons category
- Shenoute
- canonization status
- saint
- writing language
- Coptic
- subject has role
- centenarian
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- ethnic group
- Egyptians
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- At the Council of Ephesus
- Death
- Influence on the monastic movement
- Legacy as a national leader
- Life as a writer
- Monasteries named after Saint Shenoute
- Works and translations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: ), was the abbot of the White Monastery in Egypt. He is considered a saint by the Oriental Orthodox Churches and is one of the most renowned saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
==Early life== thumb|The Life of Shenoute, Sahidic Coptic script, papyrus, 6th-7th century CE. From Egypt. British Museum Shenoute was born in the middle of the fourth century CE (the date 348 CE, often mentioned but not universally accepted, is based on an inscription in his monastery, dating from the 12th or 13th century).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shenute” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.