Saint Shenoute

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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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Label Occurrences
Saint Shenoute canonical 4
Shenoute the Archimandrite 1

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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 ⓘ
linked to: White Monastery
birthCentury 4th century ⓘ
contributedTo codification of communal monastic life in Egypt ⓘ
development of Coptic literary language ⓘ
country Roman Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Egypt
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 ⓘ
monasteryLocation near Sohag, Upper Egypt ⓘ
opposed certain heretical Christian teachings ⓘ
pagan practices in Egypt ⓘ
position head of the White Monastery federation ⓘ
region Upper Egypt ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
wroteInScript Sahidic Coptic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Monastery → dedicatedTo → Saint Shenoute ⓘ
White Monastery → associatedWithSaint → Shenoute the Archimandrite ⓘ
linked to: Saint Shenoute
Monastery of Saint Shenoute → foundedBy → Saint Shenoute ⓘ
Deir el-Abiad → dedicatedTo → Saint Shenoute ⓘ