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Shenute, Saint, approximately 348-466

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Personal name headingShenute, Saint, approximately 348-466
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Variant(s)Shanūdah, Anba, Saint, d. 451?
Chenouté, Saint, approximately 348-466
Schenute, von Atripe, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shenoute, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shenoud, Saint, approximately 348-466
Schenoudi, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shenouti, Saint, approximately 348-466
Sinuthius, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shenouda, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shinūdah, Saint, approximately 348-466
Sanutios, Saint, approximately 348-466
Senouthios, Saint, approximately 348-466
Shenoudi, Saint, approximately 348-466
Found inChérix, P. Étude de lexicographie copte, 1979 (subj.) t.p. (Chenouté) p. 1 (Apa Chenouté) p. 2 (Schenute von Atripe; Schenoudi) p. 4 (Shenute)
Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Shenute, also called Shenoud or Shenoute, fl. 5th cent.)
Encyc. Amer., v. 7, p. 771 (Shenoute (Shenute))
New Cath. encyc. (Shenoute of Atripe, or Schenoudi, b. ca. 348, d. 466; the church [i.e., Catholic Church] has never granted him the title of saint; guided his monastery for 83 years)
His Shenute contra Origenistas, 1985: t.p. (Shenute) p. 14 (Sinuthii ...)
Christianity and monasticism in Upper Egypt, c2008- : v. 1, p. xvii (St. Shenouda) v. 1, p. xix (St. Shenoute the Archimandrite)
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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