Shenoute


Shenoute
Archimandrite
BornEgypt
Died1 July 465
Sohag, Egypt
Venerated inOriental Orthodox Churches
Major shrineWhite Monastery
Feast7 Epip

Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲙⲁⲛ'ⲇⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ; died 1 July 465), was an Egyptian saint, and 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.