Shenoute

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Saint Shenoute
Archimandrite
Born	348 (uncertain) Egypt
Died	1 July 465[1] Sohag, Egypt
Venerated in	Oriental Orthodox Churches
Major shrine	White Monastery
Feast	7 Epip

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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.