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Shenoute of Atripe

Shenoute of Atripe

348 CE466 CE · Shenalolet (near Akhmim/Panopolis)

Shenoute of Atripe (c. 348–466 CE) was archimandrite of the White Monastery near Sohag in Upper Egypt and the most prolific author in the history of Coptic literature. Over roughly eight decades of leadership he expanded the federation to several thousand monks and nuns, imposed a rigorous written rule, and produced an enormous corpus of canons, homilies, letters, and theological discourses that shaped Coptic monastic identity for centuries. He accompanied Cyril of Alexandria to the Council of Ephesus in 431 CE, where he lent his considerable moral authority to the condemnation of Nestorianism. Venerated in Coptic tradition with the honorary epithet "Father of the Coptic Church," his writings remain the single most important body of literary Coptic prose.

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Stop 1 of 3348–370Birthplace, Early Life

Shenalolet (near Akhmim/Panopolis)Egypt

What they did here

Born in the village of Shenalolet (also rendered Shandaweil) in the district of Akhmim in Upper Egypt; as a youth he was brought by his family to the White Monastery settlement of his maternal uncle Pcol (also rendered Pjol or Pigol).

About Shenalolet (near Akhmim/Panopolis)

Shenalolet, a locality near Akhmim (Panopolis) in Upper Egypt, associated with the early life of the Coptic abbot Shenoute of Atripe.

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