White Monastery
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The White Monastery is a historic Coptic Orthodox monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt, renowned for its massive white limestone church and significance as a late antique monastic center.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Monastery canonical | 5 |
| White Monastery Federation | 2 |
| Red Monastery | 1 |
| White Monastery federation | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian monastery
ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox monastery ⓘ late antique monastic center ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | basilica ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | cenobitic monasticism ⓘ |
| associatedWithSaint |
Saint Shenoute
ⓘ
surface form:
Shenoute the Archimandrite
|
| builtWithMaterial | white limestone ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| currentUse |
active monastery
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Shenoute ⓘ |
| denomination |
Oriental Orthodoxy
ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox
|
| eraOfConstruction | late Roman Egypt ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Coptic Orthodox Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Deir el-Abiad
ⓘ
Monastery of Saint Shenoute ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
church
ⓘ
enclosure walls ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortress-like exterior
ⓘ
large enclosed courtyard ⓘ triple-apsed eastern end ⓘ |
| hasRite | Coptic Orthodox liturgy ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance |
key site for study of late antique monasticism
ⓘ
major monument of Coptic Christian architecture ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
important late antique monastic federation
ⓘ
major center of Coptic monasticism ⓘ |
| languageOfManuscripts |
Coptic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Sohag Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Sohag ⓘ |
| locatedOnSideOf | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its white limestone masonry ⓘ |
| nearbyMonastery | Red Monastery ⓘ |
| notableFor |
massive white limestone church
ⓘ
monumental western façade ⓘ rich monastic literary production ⓘ |
| partOf | Coptic monasticism ⓘ |
| periodOfGreatestInfluence | late 4th to 6th centuries ⓘ |
| region |
Sohag Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Sohag region
|
| religiousAffiliation | Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterest |
Christian monastic history
ⓘ
Coptic studies ⓘ late antique architecture ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Red Monastery
this entity surface form:
White Monastery federation
this entity surface form:
White Monastery Federation
this entity surface form:
White Monastery Federation