Saint Shenoute

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Christian monk Coptic Christian saint Coptic writer Late Antique author abbot theologian

Saint Shenoute was a prominent 4th–5th century Coptic Christian abbot and theologian, renowned for leading a major monastic federation in Upper Egypt and shaping early Coptic monasticism and literature.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Shenoute the Archimandrite	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monk ⓘ Coptic Christian saint ⓘ Coptic writer ⓘ Late Antique author ⓘ abbot ⓘ theologian ⓘ
associatedWith	Sahidic Coptic literary tradition ⓘ White Monastery Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCentury	4th century ⓘ
contributedTo	codification of communal monastic life in Egypt ⓘ development of Coptic literary language ⓘ
country	Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCentury	5th century ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicity	Egyptian ⓘ
floruit	early 5th century ⓘ late 4th century ⓘ
influenced	Coptic Orthodox spirituality ⓘ later Coptic monastic writers ⓘ
knownFor	ascetic discipline and monastic rule ⓘ leading a large monastic federation in Upper Egypt ⓘ polemical writings against heresies ⓘ shaping Coptic Christian literature ⓘ shaping early Coptic monasticism ⓘ social critique of paganism and injustice ⓘ
language	Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
literaryGenre	homilies ⓘ letters ⓘ monastic rules ⓘ sermons ⓘ
monastery	White Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
monasteryLocation	near Sohag, Upper Egypt ⓘ
opposed	certain heretical Christian teachings ⓘ pagan practices in Egypt ⓘ
position	head of the White Monastery federation ⓘ
region	Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInMonasticism	author of monastic rules and regulations ⓘ organizer of a cenobitic federation ⓘ
theologicalFocus	Christian moral and social reform ⓘ orthodoxy of Christian doctrine ⓘ
title	archimandrite of the White Monastery federation ⓘ
tradition	Coptic monasticism ⓘ
veneratedIn	Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
wroteInScript	Sahidic Coptic NERFINISHED ⓘ

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White Monastery → dedicatedTo → Saint Shenoute ⓘ

White Monastery → associatedWithSaint → Saint Shenoute ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shenoute the Archimandrite