Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466
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Name (Latin)
Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466
Other forms of name
Shenute, ca. 348-466
Schenute, von Atripe, ca. 348-466
Schenoudi, 348-466
Shenouti, 348-466
Shenouti, ca. 348-466
Schnoudi, 348-466
Senouti, 348-466
Sinuthius, Archimandrita, 348-466
Shanudah, Anba, Saint, 348-466
Shenoud, ca. 348-466
Chenoute, ca. 348-466
Schenute, Abt des "weissen Klosters", ca. 348-466
Shenoute, ca. 348-466
Pseudo-Shenoute, 348-466
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- The Coptic encyclopedia, c1991(Shenute, Saint; 4th-5th-cent. reforming abbot of Dayr Anbā Shinūdah [in rom.] (the White Monastery); feast day: 7 Abīb; dates not certain; probably d. 466; if really reached age of 118 as reported in his Life, b. 348; leader of the church [i.e., Coptic Church]; writings important for the history of indigenous Coptic literature; cross-references from Sanutios, Senouthios, Shenoute)
- Encyclopedia Britannica online, 23 Mar. 2012(Shenute, also spelled Shenoute, Shenoud, Shenoudi, or Schenoudi (born ca. 360, died ca. 450); monastic reformer, abbot of the White Monastery, near Atripe in Upper Egypt; regarded as a saint in the Coptic (Egyptian Christian) Church; his works among the earliest-known writings in the Coptic language; writings were virtually unknown to Western church historians until modern times)
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Wikipedia description:
Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲙⲁⲛ'ⲇⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ), 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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