Shenoute

Saint Shenoute
Archimandrite
Born348 (uncertain)
Egypt
Died1 July 465[1]
Sohag, Egypt
Venerated inOriental Orthodox Churches
Major shrineWhite Monastery
Feast7 Epip

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.

  1. ^ Emmel (2004), p. 11