Shenoute of Atripe

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Christian theologian Coptic monk Egyptian religious leader abbot late antique writer saint

Shenoute of Atripe was a prominent 4th–5th century Coptic monk and abbot whose strict leadership and extensive writings helped shape early Egyptian monasticism and Coptic Christian theology.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shenoute the Archimandrite	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theologian ⓘ Coptic monk ⓘ Egyptian religious leader ⓘ abbot ⓘ late antique writer ⓘ saint ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	4th century ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	5th century ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Atripé ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Panopolis region ⓘ
birthPlace	Upper Egypt ⓘ
centuryActive	4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
countryInAntiquity	Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
culturalImpact	standardization of Sahidic Coptic prose style ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
influenced	Coptic Christian theology ⓘ Coptic literature ⓘ Egyptian monasticism ⓘ
knownFor	extensive sermons and discourses ⓘ letters and monastic rules ⓘ polemics against heresies ⓘ polemics against paganism ⓘ social criticism of wealthy landowners ⓘ strict monastic discipline ⓘ
languageOfWritings	Coptic ⓘ
leaderOf	White Monastery ⓘ surface form: White Monastery federation
monasteryType	coenobitic monastery ⓘ
monasticRole	abbot of the White Monastery ⓘ archimandrite ⓘ
movement	Egyptian monastic movement ⓘ
name	Shenoute of Atripe self-link ⓘ Shenoute of Atripe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shenoute the Archimandrite
opposed	heretical Christian groups ⓘ pagan cults in Egypt ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
roleInChurch	defender of orthodoxy in Upper Egypt ⓘ
roleInMonasticism	codifier of communal monastic rules in Egypt ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Nicene Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
writingsGenre	letters ⓘ monastic rules ⓘ polemical treatises ⓘ sermons ⓘ
writingsPreservedIn	Shenoutean corpus ⓘ

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Shenoute of Atripe → name → Shenoute of Atripe self-link ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Shenoute the Archimandrite

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